Definitions
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- noun (Physiol. Bot.) The red coloring matter of leaves, fruits, flowers, etc., in distinction from chlorophyll.
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- noun biochemistry The
red pigment ofleaves ,fruits ,flowers , etc., in distinction fromchlorophyll .
Etymologies
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erythro- + -phyll
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Examples
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Mr. Sorby examined the colouring matter with the spectroscope, and informs me that it consists of the commonest species of erythrophyll, "which is often met with in leaves with low vitality, and in parts, like the petioles, which carry on leaf-functions in a very imperfect manner.
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
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