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LUCIFERIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does luciferin mean?
• LUCIFERIN (noun)
The noun LUCIFERIN has 1 sense:
1. pigment occurring in luminescent organisms (as fireflies); emits heatless light when undergoing oxidation
Familiarity information: LUCIFERIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pigment occurring in luminescent organisms (as fireflies); emits heatless light when undergoing oxidation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("luciferin" is a kind of...):
animal pigment (pigment occurring in animals)
Context examples
An enzyme first isolated from firefly tails that catalyzes the production of light in the reaction between luciferin and ATP.
(Luciferase, NCI Thesaurus)
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