CAROTENE

carotene

(noun) yellow or orange-red fat-soluble pigments in plants

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

carotene (countable and uncountable, plural carotenes)

(organic chemistry) 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.

(organic chemistry) Specifically, a number of isomers of tetraterpene hydrocarbons, C40H56, (especially beta-carotene), present in carrots etc, which are converted into vitamin A in the liver.

Synonyms

• E160 (when used as a food colouring)

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




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RESTORATION

(noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; “the restoration looked exactly like the original”


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