achlorophyllaceous

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ chlorophyllaceous.

Adjective

achlorophyllaceous (comparative more achlorophyllaceous, superlative most achlorophyllaceous)

1. (chiefly botany, rare) Lacking chlorophyll; hence colourless

References

• Barbara Ann Kipfer, Roget's Descriptive Word Finder: A Dictionary/Thesaurus of Adjectives and Adverbs. Writer's Digest Books, 2003. →ISBN.
• Mrs. Byrne [Josefa Heifetz Byrne] (1979) “achlorophyllaceous”, in Mrs. Byrne’s Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure and Preposterous Words: Gathered from Numerous and Diverse Authoritative Sources, London: Granada Publishing, →ISBN.