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phycochromes

phycochromes is the plural of phycochrome.

Meaning of phycochrome

Noun

phycochrome (countable and uncountable, plural phycochromes)

  1. 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

Questions about phycochromes

What is phycochromes the plural of?
Phycochromes is the plural of phycochrome.

Words near phycochromes in the dictionary

  1. phycobiloprotein
  2. phycobiont
  3. phycobionts
  4. phycochromaceous
  5. phycochrome
  6. phycochromes
  7. phycocolloid
  8. phycocolloids
  9. phycocyanin
  10. phycocyanine
  11. phycocyanines

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