[car.o.tene] n [ISV, fr. LL carota carrot] (1861): any of several orange or red crystalline hydrocarbon pigments that occur in the chromoplasts of plants and in the fatty tissues of plant-eating animals and are convertible to vitamin A
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Meaning of CAROTENE in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012