CAROTENOID


Meaning of CAROTENOID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

also ca·rot·in·oid kə-ˈrä-tə-ˌnȯid

Date: 1911

: any of various usually 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 adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.