Claude, an autotropic boy in my class whose skin is green due to chlorophyll, dreams of foresting the moon.
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Chlorophyll
/ˈklɔɹ.ə.fɪl/
Synonyms for "chlorophyll" (12 found)
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Noun(2 words)
chlorophylgreen pigment
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Noun(2 words)
magnesium tetrapyrrolephotosynthetic pigment
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2 entriesorganic compoundpigment
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6 entrieschlorophyll achlorophyll bchlorophyll contentchloroplast pigmentgreen pigmentphotosynthetic pigment
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8 total sentences available.
Did you know that green vegetables contain magnesium as the center of each chlorophyll molecule, and that magnesium is one of the most important nutrients in the diet?
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The green pigment, chlorophyll, visible in leaves and in the bark of aspen, absorbs the energy from sunlight. This triggers the chemical reaction that produces sugars and starches used by the plant to grow.
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Aspen also produce chlorophyll in their bark, allowing the tree to begin photosynthesizing before leaves have emerged.
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