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carotenol en · NOUN

Etymology

From carotene + -ol.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A yellow pigment; an alcohol of carotene.
   • […] almost a dozen other carotenols are regularly found in green leaves. 1945, Eugene Rabinowitch, Photosynthesis and Related Processes, volume 1, page 472:
   • Luteol is by far the most abundant carotenol is leaves ^([sic]) other leaf xanthophylls include zeaxanthol, violaxanthol, cryptoxanthol, flavoxanthol, and neoxanthin. 2004, Shubhrata R. Mishra, Photosynthesis in Plants, page 123:

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