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Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chlorophyl
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pigment
Narrower terms: chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, chlorophyll c, chlorofucin, chlorophyll d
Borrowed from French chlorophylle, from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”) and φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
Across languages
Translations
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
chlorofil
— green pigment
Afrikaans :
bladgroen
— green pigment
Arabic :
يَخْضُور
(yaḵḍūr)
— green pigment
Arabic :
كْلُورُوفِيل
(klūrūfīl)
— green pigment
Armenian :
քլորոֆիլ
(kʻlorofil)
— green pigment
Azerbaijani :
xlorofil
— green pigment
Bashkir :
хлорофилл
(xlorofill)
— green pigment
Basque :
klorofila
— green pigment
Bulgarian :
хлорофи́л
(hlorofíl)
— green pigment
Catalan :
clorofil·la
— green pigment
Chinese Mandarin :
葉綠素 /叶绿素
(yèlǜsù)
— green pigment
Czech :
chlorofyl
— green pigment
Danish :
klorofyl
— green pigment
Danish :
bladgrønt
— green pigment
Dutch :
bladgroen
— green pigment
Dutch :
chlorofyl
— green pigment
Estonian :
klorofüll
— green pigment
Faroese :
blaðgrøni
— green pigment
Finnish :
lehtivihreä
— green pigment
Finnish :
klorofylli
— green pigment
French :
chlorophylle
— green pigment
Galician :
clorofila
— green pigment
German :
Chlorophyll
— green pigment
German :
Blattgrün
— green pigment
German :
Blattgrien
— green pigment
Greek :
χλωροφύλλη
(chlorofýlli)
— green pigment
Gujarati :
હરિતદ્રવ્ય
(haritadravya)
— green pigment
Hindi :
पर्णहरित
(parṇahrit)
— green pigment
Icelandic :
blaðgræna
— green pigment
Icelandic :
laufgræna
— green pigment
Icelandic :
klórófýl
— green pigment
Italian :
clorofilla
— green pigment
Japanese :
クロロフィル
(kurorofiru)
— green pigment
Japanese :
葉緑素
(yōryokuso)
— green pigment
Kazakh :
хлорофилл
(xlorofill)
— green pigment
Khmer :
ហរិតបត្ត
(hak rit bat)
— green pigment
Korean :
엽록소
(yeomnokso)
— green pigment
Korean :
클로로필
(keulloropil)
— green pigment
Kyrgyz :
хлорофилл
(hlorofill)
— green pigment
Latvian :
hlorofils
— green pigment
Lithuanian :
žãlymas
— green pigment
Macedonian :
хлорофил
(hlorofil)
— green pigment
Malay :
klorofil
— green pigment
Malay :
zat hijau
— green pigment
Malayalam :
ഹരിതകം
(haritakaṁ)
— green pigment
Malayalam :
ക്ലോറോഫിൽ
(klōṟōphil)
— green pigment
Eastern Mari :
хлорофилл
(hlorofill)
— green pigment
Mongolian :
хлорофилл
(xlorofill)
— green pigment
Mongolian :
навчны ногоон эд
(navčny nogoon ed)
— green pigment
Mongolian :
ᡀᠣᠷᠣᠹᠢᠯᠯ
(lhorofill)
— green pigment
Mongolian :
ᠨᠠᠪᠴᠢᠨ ᠦ ᠨᠣᠭᠣᠭᠠᠨ ᠡᠳ᠋
(nabčin-ü noɣoɣan ed)
— green pigment
Norwegian Bokmål :
bladgrønt
— green pigment
Norwegian Bokmål :
klorofyll
— green pigment
Norwegian Nynorsk :
bladgrønt
— green pigment
Norwegian Nynorsk :
klorofyll
— green pigment
Persian :
سبزینه
(sebzine)
— green pigment
Persian :
کلروفیل
(klorofil)
— green pigment
Polish :
chlorofil
— green pigment
Portuguese :
clorofila
— green pigment
Quechua :
raphi q'umir
— green pigment
Romanian :
clorofilă
— green pigment
Russian :
хлорофи́лл
(xlorofíll)
— green pigment
Serbo-Croatian :
хлорофил
— green pigment
Serbo-Croatian :
клорофил
— green pigment
Serbo-Croatian :
hlorofil
— green pigment
Serbo-Croatian :
klorofil
— green pigment
Slovene :
klorofil
— green pigment
Spanish :
clorofila
— green pigment
Swahili :
umbijani
— green pigment
Swedish :
klorofyll
— green pigment
Swedish :
bladgrönt
— green pigment
Tagalog :
kloropila
— green pigment
Turkish :
klorofil
— green pigment
Vietnamese :
chất diệp lục
— green pigment
Vietnamese :
diệp lục tố
— green pigment