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phycourobilin

phycourobilin noun: a tetrapyrrole orange molecule involved in photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and red algae.

Noun

phycourobilin (usually uncountable, plural phycourobilins)

  1. (usually) A tetrapyrrole orange molecule involved in photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and red algae.

Forms of phycourobilin

pluralphycourobilins

Questions about phycourobilin

What does phycourobilin mean?
Phycourobilin means a tetrapyrrole orange molecule involved in photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and red algae.
What part of speech is phycourobilin?
Phycourobilin is a noun.
What is the plural of phycourobilin?
The plural of phycourobilin is phycourobilins.

Words near phycourobilin in the dictionary

  1. phycosecids
  2. phycosphere
  3. phycospheres
  4. phycotoxin
  5. phycotoxins
  6. phycourobilin
  7. phycourobilins
  8. phycoviral
  9. phycovirus
  10. phycoviruses
  11. phycoxanthin

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