chlorophyllous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of chlorophyllous
First recorded in 1870–75; chlorophyll + -ous
Example Sentences
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No, they instruct people on which plants will survive in their homes, teaching them how to take care of their chlorophyllous children and the way to style the greenery to their liking.
From New York Times
These are the predominating gradations, but there are occasional blues and mineral greens, passing into olive, but no pure or chlorophyllous green.
From Project Gutenberg
In a well developed large vascular bundle the chlorophyllous layer is open below just close to the sclerenchymatous band.
From Project Gutenberg
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 Project Gutenberg
The sclerenchyma lying on the lower side of the primary bundles are contiguous with the bundle, while those above are separated from the bundle by the chlorophyllous layer.
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