noun
also ide·in īˈdēə̇n
( -s )
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary idae-, ide- (from New Latin vitis-idaea — specific epithet of the mountain cranberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea minus — , from Latin vitis vine + idaea, feminine of idaeus ) + -in
: an anthocyanin pigment obtained in the form of the greenish brown crystalline chloride C 21 H 21 ClO 11 from the skin of red apples and from cranberries and similar fruit; a galactoside of cyanidin