yè​lǜ​sù

chlorophyll

  • created sense approved 叶绿素/葉綠素 · yè​lǜ​sù · chlorophyll — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    叶绿素 / 葉綠素

    yè​lǜ​sù

    chlorophyll

    the green pigment found in plants that is essential for photosynthesis by absorbing and transferring light energy

    叶 (literal) → 叶/葉 · yè · leaf 绿 (literal) → 绿/綠 · lǜ · green 素 (bound) → 素 · sù · element

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense