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phycocyanin

phycocyanin noun: a pigment from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, along with allophycocyanin and phycoerythrin, an accessory pigment to chlorophyll.

Noun

phycocyanin (countable and uncountable, plural phycocyanins)

  1. A pigment from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, along with allophycocyanin and phycoerythrin, an accessory pigment to chlorophyll.

Forms of phycocyanin

pluralphycocyanins

Questions about phycocyanin

What does phycocyanin mean?
Phycocyanin means a pigment from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, along with allophycocyanin and phycoerythrin, an accessory pigment to chlorophyll.
What part of speech is phycocyanin?
Phycocyanin is a noun.
What is the plural of phycocyanin?
The plural of phycocyanin is phycocyanins.

Words near phycocyanin in the dictionary

  1. phycochromaceous
  2. phycochrome
  3. phycochromes
  4. phycocolloid
  5. phycocolloids
  6. phycocyanin
  7. phycocyanine
  8. phycocyanines
  9. phycocyanins
  10. phycocyanobilin
  11. phycocyanobilins

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