chlorophyll
/ˈklɔː.ɹə.fɪl/US/ˈklɔɹ.ə.fɪl/
chlorophyll noun: any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.
Noun
chlorophyll (usually uncountable, plural chlorophylls)
- Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.
chlorophyll meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
chlorophyll in Hindi
- green pigment
- पर्णहरित parṇahrit
chlorophyll in Tamil
- பச்சையம்
chlorophyll in Malayalam
- green pigment
- ഹരിതകം haritakaṁ, ക്ലോറോഫിൽ klōṟōphil
chlorophyll in Kannada
- ಸಸ್ಯಹರಿತ್ತು, ಕ್ಲೋರೋಫಿಲ್, ಹರಿತ್ತು, ಎಲೆಹಸಿರು
More languagesFewer languages
- chlorophyll in Gujarati
- હરિતદ્રવ્ય haritadravya
- chlorophyll in Tagalog
- kloropila
- chlorophyll in Arabic
- يَخْضُور yaḵḍūr, كْلُورُوفِيل klūrūfīl
- chlorophyll in Malay
- klorofil, zat hijau
- chlorophyll in Indonesian
- klorofil, zat hijau, zat hijau daun
- chlorophyll in Persian
- سبزینه sebzine, کلروفیل klorofil
- chlorophyll in Vietnamese
- chất diệp lục, diệp lục tố
Examples of chlorophyll in a sentence
- Chlorophyll is the pigment responsible for most plants' green colouring.
- In this case, a normal end product of chlorophyll metabolism, phylloerythrin, is the photodynamic agent.
- As found for chlorophyll most of the other micromolecules identified were found in lower concentration in the cells of chlorotic cultures.
Forms of chlorophyll
| plural | chlorophylls |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | chlorophyl |
Origin of chlorophyll
Borrowed from French chlorophylle, from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”) and φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
Words formed from chlorophyll
- achlorophyllous
- bacteriochlorophyll
- chlorophyll a
- chlorophyllase
- chlorophyll b
- chlorophyll c1
- chlorophyll c2
- chlorophyll c3
- chlorophyll d
- chlorophyllic
- chlorophyllide
- chlorophyllin
- chlorophylloid
- chlorophyllose
- chlorophyllous
- chlorophylly
- protochlorophyll
- white chlorophyll
Questions about chlorophyll
- What does chlorophyll mean?
- Chlorophyll means any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.
- What is chlorophyll in Hindi?
- Chlorophyll in Hindi is पर्णहरित (parṇahrit). See Chlorophyll meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is chlorophyll?
- Chlorophyll is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chlorophyll?
- Chlorophyll is pronounced /ˈklɔː.ɹə.fɪl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chlorophyll?
- The plural of chlorophyll is chlorophylls.
Words near chlorophyll in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chlorophyll (page history and authors); chlorophyll (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chlorophyll (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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