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VISUAL PURPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does visual purple mean? 

VISUAL PURPLE (noun)
  The noun VISUAL PURPLE has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


VISUAL PURPLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

retinal purple; rhodopsin; visual purple

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "visual 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 ("visual purple" is a part of...):

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


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