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peridinin

peridinin noun: a light-harvesting carotenoid, a pigment related to chlorophyll that appears in the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (PCP) light-harvesting complex in dinoflagellates.

Noun

peridinin (plural peridinins)

  1. A light-harvesting carotenoid, a pigment related to chlorophyll that appears in the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (PCP) light-harvesting complex in dinoflagellates.

Forms of peridinin

pluralperidinins

Questions about peridinin

What does peridinin mean?
Peridinin means a light-harvesting carotenoid, a pigment related to chlorophyll that appears in the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (PCP) light-harvesting complex in dinoflagellates.
What part of speech is peridinin?
Peridinin is a noun.
What is the plural of peridinin?
The plural of peridinin is peridinins.

Words near peridinin in the dictionary

  1. peridialysis
  2. peridialytic
  3. peridiastole
  4. perididymis
  5. peridigital
  6. peridinin
  7. peridinins
  8. peridinioid
  9. peridinioids
  10. peridinoid
  11. peridiola

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