Talk:chlorophobia

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~~chlorophobia~~

Fear of the colour green. Only in word lists, I think. Equinox ◑ 22:53, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

in Google Books, there are three better meanings

fear of chlorine and chlorine compounds
- 2009 Naturally Occurring Organohalogen Compounds - A Comprehensive Update
  While the furor over “chlorine” has abated to some extent, there remains an underlying “chlorophobia” – an irrational fear of chlorine and organochlorine compounds.
fear of chloroform
- 2003 Cholera, Chloroform, and the Science of Medicine : A Life of John Snow
  In 1850 and 1851, however, chlorophobia swept the country, as the agent intended for medical purposes was increasingly perceived as an alleged agent of crime, robbery, rape, and murder. An old man asleep in a hotel room was attacked with chloroform by a man hiding under his bed.
(botany) intolerance to chlorine.
- Am. J. Botany 25:380-5. Masaeva, M. 1936. Chlorophobia of plants. Bodank. u. Pflanzenernahr. 1:39-56 (C.A. 30, 4891)

The botanical meaning is, as far as I can see, traceable to that single paper, but is cited elsewhere.

By 'better', you seem to mean 'attested at least once'. Renard Migrant (talk) 15:51, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]