GCIDE (5.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: Pedestal (n.) Hence: A short free-standing column or column-like object designed to support a work of art or other object; a column serving the same function as the base of a statue. It may be made of wood, marble, or other suitable material. Pedestal (n.)
Plants apear green because of chlorophyll--the pigment inside the chloroplasts. It absorbs red and blue light from the sun and uses this light to carry out photosynthesis with â¦ in the plant.
The pigment that causes leaves to be green is chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is important for plants to make food using sunlight. During spring and summer when there is plenty of sunlight, plants make a lot of chlorophyll. In autumn when it starts to get cold, some plants stop making chlorophyll.