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Carotene
Meaning
Noun
●
In Organic chemistry:
A
class
of
tetraterpene
plant
pigments
; they
vary
in colour
from
yellow
, through
orange
to
red
, this
colour
originating
in a
chain
of
alternating
single
and double bonds.
●
In Organic chemistry:
Specifically,
a number of
isomers
of
tetraterpene
hydrocarbons
, C₄₀H₅₆, (especially
beta-carotene
), present in
carrots
etc, which are
converted
into
vitamin
A in the liver.
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Origin
carotene
English
-ene
English
carrot
English
carotte
French
carota
Latin
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Etym
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