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carotene definition

caro·tene (kar′ə tēn′)

noun

any of several red or orange-colored isomeric hydrocarbons, CH, found in butter and in carrots and certain other vegetables, and changed into vitamin A in the liver
sometimes called carotin car′·o·tin (-tin)

Etymology: < L carota, carrot + -ene

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