achlorophyllaceous
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a- + chlorophyllaceous.
Adjective
[edit]achlorophyllaceous (comparative more achlorophyllaceous, superlative most achlorophyllaceous)
- (chiefly botany, rare) Lacking chlorophyll; hence colourless
References
[edit]- Barbara Ann Kipfer, Roget's Descriptive Word Finder: A Dictionary/Thesaurus of Adjectives and Adverbs. Writer's Digest Books, 2003. →ISBN.
- Mrs. Byrne [Josefa Heifetz 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.