purple earth hypothesis
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English
39
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The hypothesis that the earliest photosynthetic lifeforms on Earth were based on retinal rather than chlorophyll, making the surface biosphere appear purplish.
Inflected Forms
the Purple Earth hypothesis (canonical)