chlor
pale green, greenish-yellow
Greek · chloros (χλωρός)
Chlor comes from Greek chloros, pale green. Chlorine is a greenish-yellow gas, chlorophyll is the green pigment of leaves, and a chloroplast is the leaf part that holds it.
Memory trick
Chlor = pale green: chlorine gas is green-yellow, and chlorophyll paints every leaf green.
Words from this root
- chlorine (chlor + ine) — greenish-yellow gas used to disinfectकीटाणुनाशक हरी-पीली गैस, क्लोरीन
- chlorinate (chlor + inate) — to treat with chlorineक्लोरीन से उपचार करना
- chlorination (chlor + ination) — treating water with chlorineपानी में क्लोरीन मिलाना
- chlorinator (chlor + inator) — device that adds chlorineक्लोरीन मिलाने का उपकरण
- chlorophyll (chloro + phyll) — green pigment in plantsपौधों का हरा वर्णक
- chloroplast (chloro + plast) — green part of a plant cellपादप कोशिका का हरा भाग
- chloroform (chloro + form) — heavy, sweet-smelling liquidभारी, मीठी गंध वाला द्रव, क्लोरोफ़ॉर्म
- chloral (chlor + al) — colourless oily chemicalरंगहीन तैलीय रसायन
- chlorella (chlor + ella) — green freshwater algaहरी मीठे पानी की शैवाल
- chlorenchyma (chlor + enchyma) — green plant tissue with chloroplastsहरित लवक वाला पादप ऊतक
- chlorofluorocarbon (chloro + fluoro + carbon) — gas that harms the ozone layerओज़ोन को हानि पहुँचाने वाली गैस
- organochlorine (organo + chlor + ine) — carbon compound containing chlorineक्लोरीन वाला कार्बन यौगिक