xanthein

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The water-soluble part of the yellow carotenoid pigment present in the cell sap of some plants. countable,uncountable

词形变化

xantheins plural

词源

Borrowed from French xantheine, apparently an arbitrary respelling to distinguish it from the similarly spelled xanthine. Ultimately from Ancient Greek; see xanthine. By surface analysis, xanth- + -ein.
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