Definition of Chlorophyll. Meaning of Chlorophyll. Synonyms of Chlorophyll

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Definition of Chlorophyll

Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll Chlo"ro*phyll, n. [Gr. ? light green + ? leaf: cf. F. chlorophylle.] (Bot.) 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. [Written also chlorophyl.]

Meaning of Chlorophyll from wikipedia

- of chlorophylls are summarized below: Structures of chlorophylls chlorophyll a chlorophyll b chlorophyll c1 chlorophyll c2 chlorophyll d chlorophyll f...
- Chlorophyll a is a specific form of chlorophyll used in oxygenic photosynthesis. It absorbs most energy from wavelengths of violet-blue and orange-red...
- Chlorophyll b is a form of chlorophyll. Chlorophyll b helps in photosynthesis by absorbing light energy. It is more soluble than chlorophyll a in polar...
- Chlorophyll fluorescence is light re-emitted by chlorophyll molecules during return from excited to non-excited states. It is used as an indicator of...
- Chlorophyll d (Chl d) is a form of chlorophyll, identified by Harold Strain and Winston Manning in 1943. It was unambiguously identified in Acaryochloris...
- is PSI. PSI contains only chlorophyll "a", PSII contains primarily chlorophyll "a" with most of the available chlorophyll "b", among other pigments....
- living phytoplankton with chlorophyll pigments, and non-living particles like marine snow and mineral sediments. Chlorophyll can be measured by satellite...
- Chlorophyll c refers to forms of chlorophyll found in certain marine algae, including the photosynthetic Chromista (e.g. diatoms and brown algae) and dinoflagellates...
- September 1997 to December 2010, its primary mission was to quantify chlorophyll produced by marine phytoplankton (microscopic plants). Many of the objectives...
- closely related water-soluble salts that are semi-synthetic derivatives of chlorophyll, differing in the identity of the cations ****ociated with the anion....