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noun
The universal chlorophyll (C55H72MgN4O5) essential to the dominant oxygenic photosynthesis I process, present in all eukaryotes, cyanobacteria, chromists, and prochlorophytes that photosynthesize, and that contributes to the observed green color of these organisms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
a blue-black plant pigment having a blue-green alcohol solution; found in all higher plants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: chlorophyll, chlorophyl
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