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The part of the plant cell that gives it its green hue.

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  • chlorophyll helps the plant to process oxygen.
  • The crystallized chlorophyll is a laboratory product, an alkyl ester, which lacks phytol.
  • Recently, a new kind of chlorophyll, called chlorophyll f, was found in Australian
  • Recently, a new kind of chlorophyll, called chlorophyll f, was found in Australian stromatolites, possibly in a cyanobacteria.
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  • This was the final winning word in the 1947 National Spelling Bee.
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