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carotenoid

UK/kəˈɹɒtɪˌnɔɪd/US/kəˈɹɑtɪˌnɔɪd/

carotenoid noun: any of a class of yellow to red organic pigments including the carotenes and xanthophylls.

Noun

carotenoid (plural carotenoids)

  1. Any of a class of yellow to red organic pigments including the carotenes and xanthophylls.

Adjective

carotenoid (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to such a class of pigments.

carotenoid meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Persian

carotenoid in Tamil

கரோட்டின் வகையின

carotenoid in Malayalam

class of organic compounds
കരോട്ടിനോയ്ഡ് karōṭṭinōyḍŭ

carotenoid in Persian

class of organic compounds
کاروتنوئید

Forms of carotenoid

pluralcarotenoids

Origin of carotenoid

From carotene + -oid.

Words formed from carotenoid

Questions about carotenoid

What does carotenoid mean?
Carotenoid means any of a class of yellow to red organic pigments including the carotenes and xanthophylls.
What is carotenoid in Tamil?
Carotenoid in Tamil is கரோட்டின் வகையின. See Carotenoid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carotenoid?
Carotenoid can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce carotenoid?
Carotenoid is pronounced /kəˈɹɒtɪˌnɔɪd/ (UK).
What is the plural of carotenoid?
The plural of carotenoid is carotenoids.

Words near carotenoid in the dictionary

  1. carotenogenesis
  2. carotenogenic
  3. carotenoic
  4. carotenoic acid
  5. carotenoic acids
  6. carotenoid
  7. carotenoids
  8. carotenol
  9. carotenols
  10. carotenone
  11. carotenones

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: carotenoid (page history and authors); carotenoid (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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