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Carotene Common

Carotene has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver

2

yellow or orange-red fat-soluble pigments in plants

3

A class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through orange to red, this colour originating in a chain of alternating single and double bonds.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
provitamin carotenoid
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
beta-carotene
Rhyming Words
ene dene mene pene sene bene rene gene nene lene cene oxene agene ilene arene keene ctene azene acene irene
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