chlorosis
noun
an abnormally yellow color of plant tissues, resulting from partial failure to develop chlorophyll, caused by a nutrient deficiency or the activities of a pathogen.
chlorotic
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a word derived from
chlorosis.
Example Sentences
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Viroids were later found to cause conditions including tomato chlorotic dwarf, apple scar skin, avocado sunblotch and chrysanthemum stunt.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023
Such chlorotic girls constantly complained of being tired.
From Time Magazine Archive
The disease was usually treated with pills containing iron, of which there was a deficiency in the red blood cells of chlorotic girls.
From Time Magazine Archive
This stage is of short duration, as the tissues of marginal chlorotic areas or those of the blotches soon die, roll up, and turn brown.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association
When water of a temperature equal to that of the human body is used for drink, it proves considerably stimulant, and is particularly suited to dyspeptic, bilious, gouty, and chlorotic subjects.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
