CHLOROPHYLL
Dictionary entry overview: What does chlorophyll mean?
• CHLOROPHYLL (noun)
The noun CHLOROPHYLL has 1 sense:
1. any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms
Familiarity information: CHLOROPHYLL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHLOROPHYLL (noun)
Meaning:
Any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
chlorophyl; chlorophyll
Hypernyms ("chlorophyll" is a kind of...):
pigment (dry coloring matter (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint etc))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chlorophyll"):
chlorophyll a (a blue-black plant pigment having a blue-green alcohol solution; found in all higher plants)
chlorophyll b (a dark-green plant pigment having a brilliant green alcohol solution; generally characteristic of higher plants)
chlorofucin; chlorophyll c (the chlorophyll present in brown algae, diatoms, and flagellates)
chlorophyll d (the chlorophyll found (together with chlorophyll a) in red algae)
