chlorophyllose
— Adjective
– English
~ relating to or being or containing chlorophyll
chlorophyllous
— Adjective
– English
~ relating to or being or containing chlorophyll
Chlorophyta
— Noun
– English
~ large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants
chlorophyte
— Noun
– English
~ algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water
chloropicrin
— Noun
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~ a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas
chloroplast
— Noun
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~ plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis
chloroprene
— Noun
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~ derivative of butadiene used in making neoprene by polymerization
chloroquine
— Noun
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~ an antimalarial drug used to treat malaria and amebic dysentery and systemic lupus erythematosus
chlorosis
— Noun
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~ iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin
chlorothiazide
— Noun
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~ a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension
chlorotic
— Adjective
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~ of or pertaining to or suffering from chlorosis
chlorous acid
— Noun
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~ (HClO2) a strongly oxidizing acid; known only in solution
Chloroxylon
— Noun
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~ deciduous trees of India and Sri Lanka
chlorpromazine
— Noun
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~ a drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has antipsychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer
chlorpyrifos
— Noun
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~ a common organophosphate insecticide
chlortetracycline
— Noun
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~ a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases
chlorthalidone
— Noun
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~ a diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that cause edema; effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks
choanocyte
— Noun
– English
~ any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum; they maintain a flow of water through the body