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secocarotenoid

secocarotenoid noun: any carotenoid based on a triterpenoid, rather than the normal tetraterpenoid backbone.

Noun

secocarotenoid (plural secocarotenoids)

  1. Any carotenoid based on a triterpenoid, rather than the normal tetraterpenoid backbone

Forms of secocarotenoid

pluralsecocarotenoids

Origin of secocarotenoid

From seco- + carotenoid.

Questions about secocarotenoid

What does secocarotenoid mean?
Secocarotenoid means any carotenoid based on a triterpenoid, rather than the normal tetraterpenoid backbone.
What part of speech is secocarotenoid?
Secocarotenoid is a noun.
What is the plural of secocarotenoid?
The plural of secocarotenoid is secocarotenoids.

Words near secocarotenoid in the dictionary

  1. SECO
  2. secobarbital
  3. secobarbitals
  4. secobutanolide
  5. secobutanolides
  6. secocarotenoid
  7. secocarotenoids
  8. secodont
  9. secodonts
  10. secofullerene
  11. secofullerenes

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