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Meaning of LUTEIN

Pronunciation:  'looteein

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks
 
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 Synonyms: xanthophyl, xanthophyll
 
 See Also: carotenoid

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Lu"te*in\, n. [From corpus luteum.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A substance of a strongly marked yellow color, extracted from
the yelk of eggs, and from the tissue of the corpus luteum.
 

 

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