chlorophylly
chlorophylly adjective: reminiscent of chlorophyll or green plants.
Adjective
chlorophylly (comparative more chlorophylly, superlative most chlorophylly)
- Reminiscent of chlorophyll or green plants.
- “Real” parsley (as we think of the flat-leaf variety) has a less chlorophylly, more foodlike flavor that plays an important supporting role in innumerable Italian dishes.1994, Diane Darrow, The Seasons of the Italian Kitchen
- it tasted so good in the mouth — that crisp green chlorophylly zing that tasted like the first day of Spring felt2002, Robert Loy, You Can't Get Turnip Juice Out of an Aorta
- Synonyms:
- chlorophyllic
Noun
chlorophylly (uncountable)
- The state or manner of chlorophyll development in a plant.
- I predict that facultative embryo chlorophylly […] will be rarely encountered. Facultative chlorophylly would confound the very precise mechanisms that the maternal parent must have for resource allocation to seeds.1982, Association for Tropical Biology, Biotropica
- In the case of Phalaenopsis, no particularly significant differences have been noted among the species with the exception of chlorophylly in subgenera Aphyllae and Polychilos. […] The flowers of this section do not exhibit post-pollination chlorophylly of the perianth.2001, Eric A. Christenson, International Phalaenopsis Alliance, Phalaenopsis: a Monograph
Examples of chlorophylly in a sentence
- I was all in chlorophylly tune with the grass, imagining the woof and warp of roots2011, Sarah Stonich, Shelter:
- Again, no association between gene copy number of chlorophylly strategy was observed in Xerophyta.2026, Eugene N. K. Kabwe et al., Transcriptional regulation of the response to water availability in the resurrection plant Xerophyta...
Synonyms of chlorophylly
Forms of chlorophylly
| comparative | more chlorophylly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most chlorophylly |
Origin of chlorophylly
From chlorophyll + -y (suffix from Old English -iġ).
From chlorophyll + -y (suffix from Latin -ia).
Questions about chlorophylly
- What does chlorophylly mean?
- Chlorophylly means reminiscent of chlorophyll or green plants.
- How do you use chlorophylly in a sentence?
- I was all in chlorophylly tune with the grass, imagining the woof and warp of roots
- What part of speech is chlorophylly?
- Chlorophylly can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near chlorophylly in the dictionary
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