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carotenol

carotenol noun: a yellow pigment; an alcohol of carotene.

Noun

carotenol (countable and uncountable, plural carotenols)

  1. A yellow pigment; an alcohol of carotene.
    • […] almost a dozen other carotenols are regularly found in green leaves.1945, Eugene Rabinowitch, Photosynthesis and Related Processes, volume 1, page 472
    • Luteol is by far the most abundant carotenol is leaves ^([sic]) other leaf xanthophylls include zeaxanthol, violaxanthol, cryptoxanthol, flavoxanthol, and neoxanthin.2004, Shubhrata R. Mishra, Photosynthesis in Plants, page 123

Forms of carotenol

pluralcarotenols

Origin of carotenol

From carotene + -ol.

Questions about carotenol

What does carotenol mean?
Carotenol means a yellow pigment; an alcohol of carotene.
What part of speech is carotenol?
Carotenol is a noun.
What is the plural of carotenol?
The plural of carotenol is carotenols.

Words near carotenol in the dictionary

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

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