chlorophyllaceous 



chfomophordtts 



ing matter of plants ; ~ Bod'y, 

 ~ Cor'puscle, ~ Grain, ~ Gran'ule, 

 a proteid or plastid in the cells of 

 plants, usually of a green colour ; 

 cf. CHLOROLEUCITE, etc. ; ~ Ve's- 

 icles, chlorophyll granules ; chloro- 

 phylla'ceous ( + aceous), applied 

 to cells which contain chlorophyll, 

 in centra-distinction to those which 

 do not, and are consequently 

 colourless ; Chloroph'ylline, the 

 green principle of chlorophyll ; 

 chloropnyll'ose, containing chloro- 

 phyll ; Chlor'oplast, Chloroplaat'id 

 (TrXao-rds, moulded), the plastids or 

 granules of protoplasm which are 

 of a green colour ; Chloroplast'in, 

 Schwarz's term for a proteid con- 

 stituting the ground substance of 

 the chlorophyll granule ; Cnloro- 

 ru'fln (rufus, reddish), a reduced 

 chlorophyll, the red pigment of 

 Chlorophyceae, so named by Ros- 

 tafinski ; Chloro'sis, a disease, 

 shown by loss of colour ; chlorot'ic, 

 chlorot'icus, greenish in colour ; 

 Chlorovaporiza'tion (vaporatio, 

 a reeking), a function analogous 

 to transpiration, but it proceeds 

 only from the chloroleucites under 

 certain light (Van Tieghem). 



Chord'a (Lat., a cord), pistilla'ris, the 

 line of tissue between the stigma 

 and the cavity of the ovary ; chor- 

 da'ceous ( + aceous), having the 

 figure of a rope. 



chordorrhi'zal (xopSi], catgut ; p^a, a 

 root), where the rootstock produces 

 numerous flowering stems one be- 

 fore the other from its sides, 

 (Syme) as in Carex chordorrhiza, 

 Linn. f. 



Chor'ion (xcoptop, a caul), (1) Mal- 

 pighi's term for the pulpy matter 

 which fills the young ovule, and is 

 absorbed during development ; (2) 

 a carpel ; Choriona'rius, J = 

 ETAERIO. 



choriphell'oid (x^ph, separate; <eXXos, 

 cork bark), applied to the separated 

 suberized cells and lenticels (Kle- 



bahn); choripet'alous, -us 



a flower leaf), having petals separ- 



ate, polypetalous ; choriphylTous 

 ((pvXXov, & leaf), having separate 

 leaves, used of the floral members ; 

 chorisep'alous, -us (sepal), with 

 separate sepals, polysepalous ; cho- 

 risolepid'eus J (XeTrts, XeTrt'Sos, a 

 scale), when the scales of the in- 

 volucre of Composites are distinct 

 from each other ; Chor'isis, the 

 separation of a leaf or phylloid 

 member into more than one, de"- 

 doublement, doubling ; collateral 

 ~, when the plane of separation 

 is antero-posterior ; par'allel ~ , 

 the plane of separation lateral ; 

 choristophyll'ous, -us (<t>6\\ov, a 

 leaf), separate leaved. 



Chortonom'ia J (xopros, green herbage; 

 vd/ios, law), " The art of making 

 an herbarium." 



chromatic (xpcD/ut, colour), relating to 

 colour ; "* Thread, the filiform 

 body in nuclear division, which 

 breaks up into CHROMOSOMES ; 

 Chromatid'iuin.t the colouring 

 matter of plants ; Chro'matin 

 (Flemming), that portion of the 

 nucleus which readily takes arti- 

 ficial staining, termed Nuclein by 

 Strasburger ; Chromatol'ysis (Xi5<rts, 

 a loosing), Cavara's term for the 

 condensation of nuclear chromatin 

 in a homogenous mass, which after- 

 wards subdivides ; Chro'matomere 

 (ptpos, a part) = CHROMOSOME ; 

 Chromat'ophore (^opew, I carry), 

 a collective term for the various 

 plastids, chloro-, chromo-, leuco- 

 plastids ; Chro'xnatoplasm (ir\d(r/j.a, 

 moulded), the protoplasm of the 

 colouring and allied substances 

 (Strasburger) ; Chromid'ium, the 

 gonidium of a Lichen ; Chro'mism, 

 an abnormal colouring, as of leaves ; 

 Chro'moblast, an error of some 

 writers for CHROMOPLAST ; chro- 

 mogen'ic, chromog'enous (yevos 

 offspring), colour-producing, as 

 some bacteria ; chroznop'arous 

 (pario, I bring forth), applied to 

 bacteria which are usually colour- 

 less, but excrete useless colour- 

 ing (Beyerinck) ; chromoph'orous 



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