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petunidin

petunidin noun: an anthocyanidin responsible for the dark red or purple colour in many berries and flower petals.

Noun

petunidin (countable and uncountable, plural petunidins)

  1. An anthocyanidin responsible for the dark red or purple colour in many berries and flower petals.
    • The anthocyanins extracted in blueberries are 3-glycosidic derivatives of cyanidin, delphinidin, malvidin, petunidin, and peonidin.2015 July 2, Liu Y, Tan D, Shi L, Liu X, Zhang Y, Tong C, et al., “Blueberry Anthocyanins-Enriched Extracts Attenuate Cyclophosphamide-Induced Cardiac Injury”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI

Forms of petunidin

pluralpetunidins

Origin of petunidin

From petunia + -in?

Questions about petunidin

What does petunidin mean?
Petunidin means an anthocyanidin responsible for the dark red or purple colour in many berries and flower petals.
What part of speech is petunidin?
Petunidin is a noun.
What is the plural of petunidin?
The plural of petunidin is petunidins.

Words near petunidin in the dictionary

  1. petune
  2. petuned
  3. petunes
  4. petunia
  5. petunias
  6. petunidin
  7. petunidins
  8. petuning
  9. petunioside
  10. Petuns
  11. petunse

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