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carotenoid

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carotenoid


Main Entry:
ca·rot·en·oid Listen to the pronunciation of carotenoid
Variant(s):
also ca·rot·in·oid Listen to the pronunciation of carotinoid \kə-ˈrä-tə-ˌnid\
Function:
noun
Date:
1911
: any of various usually yellow to red pigments (as carotenes) found widely in plants and animals and characterized chemically by a long aliphatic polyene chain composed of eight isoprene units
carotenoid adjective


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