achlorophyllous
构词拆解
- a-
- (no longer productive) Forming verbs with the sense away, up, on, out. · (no longer productive) Forming verbs with the sense of intensified action.
- -ous
- Used to form adjectives from nouns, to denote: · (chemistry) Used in chemical nomenclature to name chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a lower oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ic. For example sulphuric acid (H2SO4) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid
词源说明
From a- + chlorophyll + -ous.
释义
形容词adjective
- 1(botany) not having chlorophyll and, hence, unable to engage in photosynthesis.