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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A yellow modification of chlorophyl, formed by plants growing in darkness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A yellowish coloring matter found in plants grown in darkness, which is supposed to be an antecedent condition of chlorophyll.
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