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antholeucin

antholeucin noun: a substance isolated from flowers and thought to act as a white pigment.

Noun

antholeucin (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A substance isolated from flowers and thought to act as a white pigment.
    • The dissolved colouring-matters are, in white flowers, antholeucin, in blue anthocyanin.1886, S. H. Vines, “Lecture XII”, in Lectures on the Physiology of Plants, page 242
    • This in the case of yellow flowers is anthoxanthin; of white flowers, antholeucin; of blue flowers, anthocyanin, etc.1889 December, J. H. Pillsbury, “Biological Notes”, in The American Monthly Microscopical Journal, volume 10, number 12, page 276

Origin of antholeucin

From antho- + Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) + -in.

Questions about antholeucin

What does antholeucin mean?
Antholeucin means a substance isolated from flowers and thought to act as a white pigment.
What part of speech is antholeucin?
Antholeucin is a noun.

Words near antholeucin in the dictionary

  1. anthoinite
  2. anthokyan
  3. antholatry
  4. anthole
  5. antholes
  6. antholeucin
  7. antholite
  8. antholites
  9. anthologer
  10. anthologers
  11. anthological

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