RETINAL PURPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does retinal purple mean? 

• RETINAL PURPLE (noun)
  The noun RETINAL PURPLE has 1 sense:

1. a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light

  Familiarity information: RETINAL PURPLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RETINAL PURPLE (noun)

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Meaning:

A red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

retinal purple; rhodopsin; visual purple

Hypernyms ("retinal purple" is a kind of...):

photopigment (a special pigment found in the rods and cones of the retina)

Meronyms (substance of "retinal purple"):

opsin (retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin)

retinal; retinene (either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light)

Holonyms ("retinal purple" is a part of...):

retinal rod; rod; rod cell (a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light)