phæophyll Bot.
(ˈfiːəfɪl)
[mod. f. Gr. ϕαιός dusky + ϕύλλον leaf: after chlorophyll.]
Name proposed for the brown colouring-matter, composed of phycophæin and phycoxanthin, found in sea-weeds of the families Fucaceæ and Phæosporeæ.
| 1890 in Cent. Dict. 1893 Syd. Soc. Lex., Phæophyll, the brown colouring-matter of the Fucoïdeæ; also called Phyllophæin. |