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PHYCOBILIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phycobilin mean?
• PHYCOBILIN (noun)
The noun PHYCOBILIN has 1 sense:
1. water-soluble proteinaceous pigments found in red algae and cyanobacteria
Familiarity information: PHYCOBILIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Water-soluble proteinaceous pigments found in red algae and cyanobacteria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("phycobilin" is a kind of...):
pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))
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