bacteriochlorophyll | (noun) a substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants | - |
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chlorophyl | (noun) any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms | Synonyms: chlorophyll |
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chlorophyll | (noun) any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms | Synonyms: chlorophyl |
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chlorophyllose | (adjective) relating to or being or containing chlorophyll | Synonyms: chlorophyllous |
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chlorophyllous | (adjective) relating to or being or containing chlorophyll | Synonyms: chlorophyllose |
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chlorophyte | (noun) algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water | Synonyms: green algae |
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chloropicrin | (noun) a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas | Synonyms: nitrochloroform |
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chloroplast | (noun) plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis | - |
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chloroplatinate | (noun) any salt of chloroplatinic acid. | - |
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chloroprene | (noun) derivative of butadiene used in making neoprene by polymerization | - |
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hexachlorophene | (noun) antibacterial substance that is a water-soluble powder used in antiseptic soaps and toothpaste | - |
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megasporophyll | (noun) in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only megasporangia | - |
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microsporophyll | (noun) in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only microsporangia | - |
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oropharyngeal | (adjective) of or relating to or located near the oropharynx | - |
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oropharynx | (noun) cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth | - |
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poroporo | (noun) Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit | Synonyms: kangaroo apple, Solanum aviculare |
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sporophore | (noun) a spore-bearing branch or organ: the part of the thallus of a sporophyte that develops spores; in ferns and mosses and liverworts is practically equivalent to the sporophyte | - |
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sporophyl | (noun) leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia | Synonyms: sporophyll |
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sporophyll | (noun) leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia | Synonyms: sporophyl |
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sporophyte | (noun) the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations | - |
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