Xanthophyll

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A yellow carotenoid pigment, C40H56O2, found with chlorophyll in green plants and identical with lutein.
  • n. Any of various related yellow pigments.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of various hydroxy, carbonyl or carboxylic acid derivatives of carotenes.
  • n. Alternative name for lutein.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A yellow coloring matter found in yellow autumn leaves, and also produced artificially from chlorophyll; -- formerly called also phylloxanthin.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    carotenoid   
    Variant
    phylloxanthin   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    phylloxanthin    lutein   
     
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