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ZEAXANTHIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does zeaxanthin mean?
• ZEAXANTHIN (noun)
The noun ZEAXANTHIN has 1 sense:
1. yellow carotenoid (isomeric with lutein and occurs widely with it) that is the main pigment in yellow Indian corn
Familiarity information: ZEAXANTHIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Yellow carotenoid (isomeric with lutein and occurs widely with it) that is the main pigment in yellow Indian corn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("zeaxanthin" is a kind of...):
carotenoid (any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals)
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