chlorophyllin

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English chlorophyll

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnusder.

Old French -inbor.

Middle English -in

English -ineclip.

English -in

English chlorophyllin

From chlorophyll + -in.

Noun

chlorophyllin (plural chlorophyllins)

1. (biochemistry) Any water-soluble derivative of chlorophyll in which the central magnesium atom is replaced (often with copper), and a number of side-chains are converted into sodium salts.

Translations

biochemistry: water-soluble derivative of chlorophyll

• Catalan: clorofil·lina f
• Estonian: klorofülliin
• Finnish: klorofylliini