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fucoxanthin

fucoxanthin noun: a carotenoid pigment found in the chloroplasts of brown algae.

Noun

fucoxanthin (countable and uncountable, plural fucoxanthins)

  1. A carotenoid pigment found in the chloroplasts of brown algae.

Forms of fucoxanthin

pluralfucoxanthins

Origin of fucoxanthin

From Latin fūcus (from Ancient Greek φῦκος (phûkos, “seaweed”)) + ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) + -in.

Words formed from fucoxanthin

Questions about fucoxanthin

What does fucoxanthin mean?
Fucoxanthin means a carotenoid pigment found in the chloroplasts of brown algae.
What part of speech is fucoxanthin?
Fucoxanthin is a noun.
What is the plural of fucoxanthin?
The plural of fucoxanthin is fucoxanthins.

Words near fucoxanthin in the dictionary

  1. fucosyls
  2. fucosyltransferase
  3. fucosyltransferases
  4. fucosynthase
  5. fucosynthases
  6. fucoxanthin
  7. fucoxanthine
  8. fucoxanthinol
  9. fucoxanthins
  10. fuctuplets
  11. fuculokinase

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