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carotene

/ˈkæɹ.əˌtiːn/US/ˈkæɹ.əˌtin/

carotene noun: a class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through orange to red, this colour originating in a chain of alternating single and double bonds.

carotene: a class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through orange to red,...
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Noun

carotene (countable and uncountable, plural carotenes)

  1. A class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through orange to red, this colour originating in a chain of alternating single and double bonds.
  2. Specifically, a number of isomers of tetraterpene hydrocarbons, C₄₀H₅₆, (especially beta-carotene), present in carrots etc, which are converted into vitamin A in the liver.

carotene meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

carotene in Tamil

உயிர்ச்சத்து ஏ மூலப்பொருள், ஒரு வகை நிறப்பொருள், கரோட்டுன், கரோற்றீன், மஞ்சளம், கரற்றீன்

carotene in Vietnamese

class of plant pigments
carôtin

Synonyms of carotene

  • E160

Forms of carotene

pluralcarotenes

Plural of carotene: carotenes

Origin of carotene

From car(r)ot + -ene.

Words formed from carotene

Phrases with carotene

Questions about carotene

What does carotene mean?
Carotene means a class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through orange to red, this colour originating in a chain of alternating single and double bonds.
What is carotene in Tamil?
Carotene in Tamil is உயிர்ச்சத்து ஏ மூலப்பொருள், ஒரு வகை நிறப்பொருள், கரோட்டுன். See Carotene meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carotene?
Carotene is a noun.
How do you pronounce carotene?
Carotene is pronounced /ˈkæɹ.əˌtiːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of carotene?
The plural of carotene is carotenes.

Words near carotene in the dictionary

  1. carotenaemia
  2. carotenal
  3. carotenals
  4. carotenase
  5. carotenases
  6. carotene
  7. carotenemia
  8. carotenes
  9. carotenid
  10. carotenids
  11. carotenoderma

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carotene (page history and authors); carotene (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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