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Chromoplastid: Definition and part of speech

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Chromoplastid

  1. n. A protoplasmic granule of some other color than green; — also called chromoleucite.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chromosome: Definition and part of speech

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Chromosome

  1. n. One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chromosphere: Definition and part of speech

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Chromosphere

  1. n. An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and there thrown up into enormous tongues of flame.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chromogen: Definition and part of speech

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Chromogen

  1. Any colored compound, supposed to contain one or more chromophores.
  2. Vegetable coloring matter other than green; chromule.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chromotype: Definition and part of speech

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Chromotype

  1. n. A photographic picture in the natural colors.
  2. n. A sheet printed in colors by any process, as a chromolithograph. See Chromolithograph.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chromous: Definition and part of speech

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Chromous

  1. a. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chromium, when this element has a valence lower than that in chromic compounds.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.