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The abnormal plant color of yellowish-white or gray condition of plant parts resulting from the incomplete destruction of the chlorophyll. Cirrus (pl. Cirri) - A curllike tuft; a tendrillike mass or "spore horn" of forced-out spores.
Ãâó: library.thinkquest.org/25368/e_glossary.html
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| chloroplast |
The organelle that carries out photosynthesis and starch grain formation. A chlorophyll-containing organelle in plants that is the site of photosynthesis.
Ãâó: helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/glossary/c.htm
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| chlorosis |
The loss of chlorophyll from the tissues of a plant, resulting from microbial infection, viral infection, the action of certain phytotoxins, the lack of light, to magnesium or iron deficiency, etc. Chlorotic tissues commonly appear yellowish. (16)
Ãâó: ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary/Defs_C.htm
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| chlordane |
used as a pesticide until banned by the US in 1983 (except for use in controlling underground termites). Chlordane can accumulate in fish and wildlife tissue and is suspected to be a carcinogen.
Ãâó: www.epa.gov/glnpo/lakeerie/glossary.html
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| chloroplast |
a double membrane-bound semiantonomous organelle in the cytoplast of eukaryotes and containing elaborated membranous sacs embedded in a protein-rich stroma and containing a variety of photosynthetic pigments
Ãâó: gmbis.marinebiodiversity.ca/BayOfFundy/glossMA.htm...
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