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LUCIFERIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does luciferin mean? 

LUCIFERIN (noun)
  The noun LUCIFERIN has 1 sense:

1. pigment occurring in luminescent organisms (as fireflies); emits heatless light when undergoing oxidationplay

  Familiarity information: LUCIFERIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LUCIFERIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pigment occurring in luminescent organisms (as fireflies); emits heatless light when undergoing oxidation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("luciferin" is a kind of...):

animal pigment (pigment occurring in animals)


 Context examples 


An enzyme first isolated from firefly tails that catalyzes the production of light in the reaction between luciferin and ATP.

(Luciferase, NCI Thesaurus)



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