How to Use chlorophyll in a Sentence

chlorophyll

noun
  • The green color of sea moss is due to the presence of chlorophyll.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2022
  • Veins are always the last parts of the leaves to lose their green color (chlorophyll).
    Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The chlorophyll that makes plants green is breaking down.
    Washington Post, 25 July 2019
  • Spinach is a source of thylakoids, the chlorophyll-bearing parts of green leaves.
    Lisa Drayer, CNN, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Your basil may have pests, like spiders mites, that are sucking the chlorophyll out of the leaves.
    The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 28 June 2022
  • Sea moss is a good source of chlorophyll, which is a substance that can help to cleanse your blood.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • U ltraviolet light -- chlorophyll, plants and the source of life.
    cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The rest is a function of cool evenings and sunny days to burn off the chlorophyll within each leaf.
    John Meyer, The Know, 24 Sep. 2019
  • The main chef of the spring and summer food preparation process is chlorophyll.
    Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Tannins are revealed when both chlorophyll and carotenoids break down in the leaves.
    Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 10 Oct. 2020
  • Revel in the changing of the chlorophyll guard in Bishop and at Mammoth and June lakes.
    Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
  • But production of chlorophyll isn’t the same year round.
    Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2022
  • When the weather is warm, plants and trees produce more chlorophyll, the pigments that cause plants to turn green.
    Andrew Clark, Indianapolis Star, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The color is due to the insects sucking out the chlorophyll along with the nutrient sap.
    oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The now-dead leaves were probably infected by the virus and a lack of chlorophyll.
    oregonlive, 29 May 2022
  • Most textbooks call them plants, but none have chlorophyll.
    Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The green color comes from the chlorophyll, which is a natural part of the bacterium.
    Yousong Ding, Washington Post, 9 May 2018
  • The shade increases the amount of chlorophyll content in the leaves, which is what makes them bright green and full of nutrients.
    Alexandra Sifferlin, Time, 8 Mar. 2018
  • In spring and summer, the pigment chlorophyll gives leaves their green color.
    Cassandra Santiago and Amanda Barnett, CNN, 22 Sep. 2017
  • In the current wellness world of $11 juices made of kale and chlorophyll and a price tag of $85 to freeze your entire body for three minutes, that's a steal.
    Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 13 July 2018
  • Those deep, soaking rains, Ward said, are starting to break down the chlorophyll, turning the leaves, in a few trees already.
    Susan Dunne, courant.com, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The bare earth on a little hill across the street looks parched, and the leaves on a nearby tree seem to be clinging to their final supplies of chlorophyll.
    Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
  • As of this writing, #chlorophyll has over 250 million views.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 May 2021
  • Goop wrote about chlorophyll’s benefits for gut health back in 2017.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 May 2021
  • This food-making process takes place in the cells containing the pigment chlorophyll, which gives the leaf its green color.
    Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Before too long, the leaves will get the maximum amount of chlorophyll and make that deep green shade that lasts until Autumn.
    Alexander Cohn, WSJ, 8 May 2018
  • That’s because the amount of moisture in a leaf impacts how and when its chlorophyll breaks down, and less water means duller colors.
    Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Oct. 2021
  • But like broccoli, its chlorophyll — that’s where the color comes from — will turn a more pleasant shade of bright green when sauteed or roasted.
    Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Feb. 2021
  • In spring and summer months, greater sunlight means trees produce more chlorophyll.
    Rashika Jaipuriar, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Sep. 2021
  • As the green chlorophyll drains away from each leaf, its underlying color can be seen.
    Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2020

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