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chlorophyll.. comes from the greek word meaning ''green leaf''. Chlorophyll was first isolated br french chemist JOSEPH PELLELIER ang his research assistant BIENAIME CAVENToU.

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Chloroplasts were discovered in 1905 by a Russian botanist Konstantin Mereschowsky.

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