CAROTENOID


Meaning of CAROTENOID in English

[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

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