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phaeophytin

phaeophytin is the alternative form of pheophytin.

Meaning of pheophytin

Noun

pheophytin (plural pheophytins)

  1. A chlorophyll from which the central magnesium atom has been removed

Forms of phaeophytin

pluralphaeophytins

Questions about phaeophytin

What is phaeophytin the alternative form of?
Phaeophytin is the alternative form of pheophytin.

Words near phaeophytin in the dictionary

  1. phaeophycean
  2. phaeophyceans
  3. phaeophyll
  4. phaeophyte
  5. phaeophytes
  6. phaeophytin
  7. phaeophytins
  8. phaeopigment
  9. phaeopigments
  10. phaeoplast
  11. phaeoplasts

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