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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
chlorophyll
n : any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic
organisms [syn: {chlorophyl}]
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