Chlorophyll is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for CHLOROPHYLL in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the green colouring in plants concerned with the production of sugars, also CHLOROPHYL
• a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, which is responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis.
• Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals.
• any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms
• the green colouring in plants concerned with the production of sugars
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the green photosynthetic pigment found chiefly in the chloroplasts of plants and occurring especially as a blue-black ester C55H72MgN4O5 or a dark green ester C55H70MgN4O6 —called also chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b

Words related to CHLOROPHYLL

chlorophylls25

Words that contain CHLOROPHYLL

chlorophylls25 chlorophylloid28 chlorophyllous27 bacteriochlorophyll36 bacteriochlorophylls37

How to use CHLOROPHYLL in a sentence

• The leaves contain a material known as chlorophyll, which, in the presence of light and heat, changes mineral substances into plant food.
• The cells of the plant that are rich in chlorophyll have the power to convert carbonic-acid gas into carbon and oxygen.
• Under the action of chlorophyll and sunlight these substances are split up, the carbon, oxygen and hydrogen being combined into plant food.
• The dominant colouring of plants, on the other hand, is an essential element in the paramount physiological activity of chlorophyll.
• Chemically, the Apple is composed of vegetable fibre, albumen, sugar, gum, chlorophyll, malic acid, gallic acid, lime, and much water.

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