chlorophyll a

1. 1.

   a blue-black plant pigment having a blue-green alcohol solution; found in all higher plants

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Questions about chlorophyll a

What does chlorophyll a mean?

chlorophyll a means "a blue-black plant pigment having a blue-green alcohol solution; found in all higher plants".

Is chlorophyll a a common word?

chlorophyll a is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.