chiorophyllaceous 
chromophorows 
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 contra-distinction to those which 
do not, and are consequently 
colourless; Chloroph’ylline, the 
green principle of chlorophyll ; 
chlorophyll’ose, containing chloro- 
phyll; Chior’oplast, Chloroplast’id 
(wAacrds, 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; Chloro- 
ru'fin (rufus, reddish), a reduced 
chlorophyll, the red pigment of 
Chlorophyceae, so named by Ros- 
tafinski; Chioro’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 (xop5y, catgut ; pita, 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 (xwplov, a caul), (1) Mal- 
pighi’s term for the pulpy matter 
which fills the young ovule, and is 
absorbed during development ; (2) 
ta carpel; Choriona’rius, ¢ 
ETAERIO. 
choriphell’oid (xwpis, separate; peAdas, 
cork bark), applied to the separated 
suberized cells and lenticels (Kle- 
bahn); choripet’alous, -ws (réradov, 
a flower leaf), having petals separ- 
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ate, polypetalous ; choriphyll’ous 
(pdAXov, a leaf), having separate 
leaves, used of the floral members ; 
chorisep‘alous, -ws (sepal), with 
separate sepals, polysepalous ; cho- 
risolepid’eus + (Aemls, Aemldos, 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, dé- 
doublement, doubling; collateral 
~, when the plane of separation 
is antero-posterior; par’allel ~, 
the plane of separation lateral ; 
choristophyll’ous, -us (@UAXov, a 
leaf), separate leaved. 
Chortonom'ia + (xdpros, green herbage; 
vouos, law), The art of making 
an herbarium.” 
chromat/ic (xpayo, colour), relating to 
colour; ~ Thread, the filiform 
body in nuclear division, which 
breaks up into CHROMOSOMES ; 
Chromatid’‘ium,t the colouring 
matter of plants ; Chromatin 
(Flemming), that portion of the 
nucleus which readily takes arti- 
ficial staining, termed Nuclein by 
Strasburger ; Chromatol’ysis (vous, 
a loosing), Cavara’s term for the 
condensation of nuclear chromatin 
in a homogenous mass, which after- 
wards subdivides ; Chro’matomere 
(uépos, a part) = CHROMOSOME ; 
Chromat’ophore (dopéw, I carry), 
a collective term for the various 
plastids, chloro-, chromo-, leuco- 
plastids ; Chro’matoplasm (7\dcya, 
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 (yévos 
offspring), colour-producing, as 
some bacteria; chromop’arous 
(pario, I bring forth), applied to 
bacteria which are usually colour- 
less, but excrete useless colour- 
ing (Beyerinck) ; chromoph’orous 
