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betalains

betalains is the plural of betalain.

Meaning of betalain

Noun

betalain (plural betalains)

  1. A class of red and yellow indole-derived water-soluble pigments found in beets and other plants of the Caryophyllales and used commercially as coloring agents.
    • Among the angiosperms, betalains are known only in the Caryophyllales, although they also occur in some Basidiomycetes.1981, Arthur Cronquist, An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants, page 237

Questions about betalains

What is betalains the plural of?
Betalains is the plural of betalain.

Words near betalains in the dictionary

  1. betalactam
  2. betalactamase
  3. betalactamases
  4. betalactams
  5. betalain
  6. betalains
  7. betalamic acid
  8. betalight
  9. betalights
  10. betalipoprotein
  11. betalipoproteins

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