Definitions
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- noun (Bot.) A blue coloring matter supposed by some to be one of the component parts of chlorophyll.
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- noun botany A
blue pigment supposed by some to be one of the component parts ofchlorophyll .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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Examples
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Here and there, between one of the mountains and another, you might catch the slightest hint of blue-green, the idiosyncratic cyanophyll of the Trill homeworld, laid in a thin layer over the unforgiving stone.
INTELLIVORE DIANE DUANE 2000
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