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phytomelanin

phytomelanin noun: a hard, black material that forms a crust on the surface of some seeds.

Noun

phytomelanin (uncountable)

  1. A hard, black material that forms a crust on the surface of some seeds

Origin of phytomelanin

From phyto- + melanin.

Questions about phytomelanin

What does phytomelanin mean?
Phytomelanin means a hard, black material that forms a crust on the surface of some seeds.
What part of speech is phytomelanin?
Phytomelanin is a noun.

Words near phytomelanin in the dictionary

  1. phytomedical
  2. phytomedicinal
  3. phytomedicine
  4. phytomedicines
  5. phytomelan
  6. phytomelanin
  7. phytomelanous
  8. phytomenadione
  9. phytomer
  10. phytomere
  11. phytomeres

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