chlorophyllyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

chlorophylly (comparative more chlorophylly, superlative most chlorophylly)

1. Reminiscent of chlorophyll or green plants. Synonym: chlorophyllic
   • 1994, Diane Darrow, The Seasons of the Italian Kitchen‎:

     “Real” parsley (as we think of the flat-leaf variety) has a less chlorophylly, more foodlike flavor that plays an important supporting role in innumerable Italian dishes.

   • 2002, Robert Loy, You Can't Get Turnip Juice Out of an Aorta‎:

     it tasted so good in the mouth — that crisp green chlorophylly zing that tasted like the first day of Spring felt

   • 2011, Sarah Stonich, Shelter‎:

     The wet grass felt oddly distinct underfoot, and […] I could smell it and knew what it would taste like. I was all in chlorophylly tune with the grass, imagining the woof and warp of roots

語源 2

From chlorophyll +‎ -y (suffix from Latin -ia).

名詞

chlorophylly (uncountable)

1. (botany) The state or manner of chlorophyll development in a plant.
   • 1982, Association for Tropical Biology, Biotropica‎:

     I predict that facultative embryo chlorophylly […] will be rarely encountered. Facultative chlorophylly would confound the very precise mechanisms that the maternal parent must have for resource allocation to seeds.

   • 2001, Eric A. Christenson, International Phalaenopsis Alliance, Phalaenopsis: a Monograph‎:

     In the case of Phalaenopsis, no particularly significant differences have been noted among the species with the exception of chlorophylly in subgenera Aphyllae and Polychilos. […] The flowers of this section do not exhibit post-pollination chlorophylly of the perianth.

   • 2026, Eugene N. K. Kabwe et al., Transcriptional regulation of the response to water availability in the resurrection plant Xerophyta elegans‎:

     Again, no association between gene copy number of chlorophylly strategy was observed in Xerophyta.