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caroteneMain Entry: car·o·tene Pronunciation: \ˈker-ə-ˌtēn, ˈka-rə-\ Function: noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Late Latin carota carrot Date: 1861 : any of several orange or red crystalline hydrocarbon pigments (as C40H56) that occur in the chromoplasts of plants and in the fatty tissues of plant-eating animals and are convertible to vitamin A — compare beta-carotene
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