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.
From Time Magazine Archive
Melanin is also the coloring matter of black cancer, one of the swiftest and most deadly forms of this disease.
From Time Magazine Archive
His most famed achievement was discovery of the chemical structure of chlorophyl, green coloring matter which sustains plant life.
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Main difference between the chemical composition of chlorophyll and the coloring matter of blood cells is that the former contains magnesium, the latter iron.
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When all the foreign coloring matter had been removed and the hair had begun to dry in the warm wind, Nyoda stopped beside her in bewildered astonishment.
From The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey
