chlorophyllous

1. 1.

   relating to or being or containing chlorophyll

   Synonymschlorophyllose

Questions about chlorophyllous

What does chlorophyllous mean?

chlorophyllous means "relating to or being or containing chlorophyll".

How many syllables are in chlorophyllous?

chlorophyllous has 4 syllables and divides as chlo-ro-phyl-lous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for chlorophyllous?

Close synonyms include chlorophyllose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chlorophyllous a common word?

chlorophyllous 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.