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CHLOROPHYLL B

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Dictionary entry overview: What does chlorophyll b mean?

• CHLOROPHYLL B (noun)
The noun CHLOROPHYLL B has 1 sense:

1. a dark-green plant pigment having a brilliant green alcohol solution; generally characteristic of higher plants

Familiarity information: CHLOROPHYLL B used as a noun is very rare.

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• CHLOROPHYLL B (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A dark-green plant pigment having a brilliant green alcohol solution; generally characteristic of higher plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("chlorophyll b" is a kind of...):

chlorophyl; chlorophyll (any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms)

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