- chlorophyll (n.)
[chlorophyll 词源字典]
- green-colored stuff in plants, 1819, from French chlorophyle (1818), coined by French chemists Pierre-Joseph Pelletier (1788-1842) and Joseph Bienaimé Caventou (1795-1877) from Greek khloros "pale green" (see Chloe) + phyllon "a leaf" (see phyllo-).[chlorophyll etymology, chlorophyll origin, 英语词源]