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carotenoid definition

ca·rot·enoid or carotinoid ca·rot′i·noid (kə rät′'n o̵id′)

noun

any of several red and yellow plant and animal pigments related to and including carotene

adjective

  1. of or like carotene
  2. of the carotenoids

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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