prochlorophyte
/prəʊˈklɒrəfʌɪt//proʊˈklɔrəˌfaɪt/
构词拆解
- pro-
- agreeing with; supporting; favouring · substituting for
词源说明
From pro- (“earlier, prior”) + chlorophyte, from chloro- (“green”) + -phyte (“plant”).
释义
名词noun
- 1(biology) a bright green cyanobacterium of the class Prochlorophyta, distinguished by the presence of both chlorophyll a and b and the lack of phycobilins (and so resembling the chloroplasts of higher plants)