coloring matter
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Melanin is also the coloring matter of black cancer, one of the swiftest and most deadly forms of this disease.
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"Smoke" is usually composed of pure alcohol and coloring matter.
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He analyzed chlorophyll, the green coloring matter of all growing plants, and showed that chemically it is closely related to hematin, the coloring matter of blood.
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His most famed achievement was discovery of the chemical structure of chlorophyl, green coloring matter which sustains plant life.
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The hinder surface of the iris, except in albinos, has a layer of dark coloring matter resembling that of the choroid.
From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Hutchison, Joseph Chrisman
