FUCOXANTHIN

Meaning of FUCOXANTHIN in English

Pronunciation: ˌ fyü-k ō - ' zan-th ə n

Function: noun

Date: 1873

: a brown carotenoid pigment C 40 H 60 O 6 occurring especially in the chloroplasts of brown algae

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

FUCOXANTHIN — noun Date: 1873 a brown carotenoid pigment C 40 H 60 O 6 occurring especially in the chloroplasts of brown …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FUCOXANTHIN — |fyükō+ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary fuc- + xanthin : a brown crystalline carotenoid pigment C 40 H 60 O …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FUCOXANTHIN — noun Date: 1873 : a brown carotenoid pigment C 40 H 60 O 6 occurring especially in the chloroplasts of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FUCOXANTHIN — [fu.co.xan.thin] n (1873): a brown carotenoid pigment occurring esp. in the chloroplasts of brown algae
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GOLDEN ALGAE — also called Golden-brown Algae, members of the division Chrysophyta (about 300 species) found in both marine and fresh waters. Diverse …
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DIATOM — any member of the algal division or phylum Bacillariophyta (about 16,000 species) found floating in all the waters of the …
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BROWN ALGAE — members of the phylum or division Phaeophyta, comprising about 1,500 species, common in cold waters along continental coasts; freshwater species …
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