clorose
Portuguese, noun/kloˈɾɔ.zi/
clorose is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “chlorosis (yellow-green colouration of the skin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “coloração amarela anormal das plantas; resulta de uma falha parcial em produzir clorofila”.
What does clorose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechlorosis (yellow-green colouration of the skin)
- 2
femininechlorosis (yellowing of plant tissue)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. coloração amarela anormal das plantas; resulta de uma falha parcial em produzir clorofila 2. anemia causada por deficiência de ferro; é benigna e ataca normalmente moças adolescentes
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of clorose
- cloroses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clorose?
- Brazil /kloˈɾɔ.zi/
- Portugal /kluˈɾɔ.zɨ/
- Brazil /klo.ˈɾɔ.zi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clorose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clorose in Portuguese?
clorose appears about once in every 51 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).