phycochrome
phycochrome noun: a bluish-green pigment in certain blue-green algae.
Noun
phycochrome (countable and uncountable, plural phycochromes)
- A bluish-green pigment in certain blue-green algae.
- The purple-red or violet phycochromaceze contain phycochrome, which is composed of chlorophyll and a purple, but generally (not apparently different) blue modification of phycocyan, which easily turns into a verdigris-coloured substance.1867, The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London, page 210
- It is quite possible that the writer has reckoned some of the filamentous species of the Schizomycetes under the head of Phormidium tenuissimum, since it is impossible to determine with certainty in all cases whether a filament less than one micromillimeter in thickness, contains phycochrome or not.2012, T.D. Brock, Thermophilic Microorganisms and Life at High Temperatures, page 49
phycochrome meaning in Tamil
phycochrome in Tamil
- பாசிக்குருமம்
Forms of phycochrome
| plural | phycochromes |
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Origin of phycochrome
From phyco- + -chrome.
Words formed from phycochrome
Questions about phycochrome
- What does phycochrome mean?
- Phycochrome means a bluish-green pigment in certain blue-green algae.
- What is phycochrome in Tamil?
- Phycochrome in Tamil is பாசிக்குருமம். See Phycochrome meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is phycochrome?
- Phycochrome is a noun.
- What is the plural of phycochrome?
- The plural of phycochrome is phycochromes.
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