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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A photosynthetic pigment related to the chlorophylls, occurring in various bacteria doing anoxygenic photosynthesis.
2. 2
   a substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants wordnet

Etymology

From bacterio- + chlorophyll.

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