chlorophyll的词源

英文词源

chlorophyll (n.)

green-colored stuff in plants, 1819, from French chlorophyle (1818), coined by French chemists Pierre-Joseph Pelletier (1788-1842) and Joseph Bienaimé Caventou (1795-1877) from Greek khloros "pale green" (see Chloe) + phyllon "a leaf" (see phyllo-).

中文词源

chlorophyll：叶绿素

chloro, 绿色，词源同chlorine, gold。-phyll, 叶子，词源同foliage, folio.

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