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Chlorosis
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The green sickness; an anæmic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.
2. A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.