chlorophyllous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of chlorophyllous
First recorded in 1870–75; chlorophyll + -ous
Example Sentences
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I find in an old note book of my father's, dated 1879, "chlorophyllous matter in leaves encouraged by electric energy, presumably by the blue rays."
From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by Gratacap, L. P.
These are the predominating gradations, but there are occasional blues and mineral greens, passing into olive, but no pure or chlorophyllous green.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
Motor cells; 2. stomata; 3. sclerenchyma; 4. chlorophyllous layer; 5. vascular strand cut through; 6. hair.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
In a well developed large vascular bundle the chlorophyllous layer is open below just close to the sclerenchymatous band.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
Motor-cells; 2. stomata; 3. sclerenchyma; 4. chlorophyllous layer.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
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