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English
Etymology
From a- + chlorophyllaceous.
Adjective
achlorophyllaceous (comparative more achlorophyllaceous, superlative most achlorophyllaceous)
- (chiefly botany, rare) Lacking chlorophyll; hence colourless
References
- Barbara Ann Kipfer, Roget's Descriptive Word Finder: A Dictionary/Thesaurus of Adjectives and Adverbs. Writer's Digest Books, 2003. →ISBN.
- Mrs. Byrne (1979) “achlorophyllaceous”, in Mrs. Byrne’s Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure and Preposterous Words: Gathered from Numerous and Diverse Authoritative Sources, London: Granada Publishing, →ISBN.