[ca.rot.en.oid] also ca.rot.in.oid n (1911): any of various usu. 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 adj
CAROTENOID
Meaning of CAROTENOID in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012