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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
xanthophyl . Seechlorophyl .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A yellow coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete, organic chemistry The former name for
xanthophyll . - noun obsolete, organic chemistry A
yellow pigment obtained by degradation ofchlorophyll .
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