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ZEAXANTHIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zeaxanthin mean? 

ZEAXANTHIN (noun)
  The noun ZEAXANTHIN has 1 sense:

1. yellow carotenoid (isomeric with lutein and occurs widely with it) that is the main pigment in yellow Indian cornplay

  Familiarity information: ZEAXANTHIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ZEAXANTHIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Yellow carotenoid (isomeric with lutein and occurs widely with it) that is the main pigment in yellow Indian corn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("zeaxanthin" is a kind of...):

carotenoid (any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals)


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