A coloring pigment in plants responsible for their colors, including chlorophyll and carotenoids.
From Greek 'chroma' (color) + 'phyll' (leaf). A general term used to describe any plant pigment, though largely replaced by more specific chemical names in modern botany.
All those brilliant fall colors in leaves are chromophylls being revealed—as chlorophyll breaks down, hidden carotenoids and anthocyanins emerge, turning forests into rainbow tapestries.
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