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2. (Bot.) An abnormal coloring of
plants.

Chro`ma*tog"e*nous (?), a. [Gr.
&?;, &?;, color + -genous.] Producing
color.

Chro`ma*tog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr.
&?;, &?;, color + -graphy.] A treatise on
colors

Chro`ma*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?;,
&?;, color + -logy.] A treatise on colors.

Chro"ma*to*phore` (?), n. [Gr. &?;,
&?;, color + &?; to bear.] 1. (Zoöl.)
A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and
capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of
color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them.
They are highly developed and numerous in the
cephalopods.

2. (Bot.) One of the granules of
protoplasm, which in mass give color to the part of the plant
containing them.

Chro"ma*to*scope` (?), n. [Gr. &?;,
&?;, color + -scope.] (Astron.) A reflecting
telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as
to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point; --
used in studying the scintillation of the stars.

Chro"ma*to*sphere` (?), n.


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