LUTEIN Meaning of LUTEIN in English [ 'lu:tɪɪn ]■ noun Biochemistry a deep yellow pigment found in plant leaves, egg yolk, and the corpus luteum.OriginC19: from L. luteum 'egg yolk' (neut. of luteus 'yellow') + -in 1 . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004