"carotenoid" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: carotene + -oid Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|carotene|oid}} carotene + -oid Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} carotenoid (not comparable)
  1. (organic chemistry) Of or relating to such a class of pigments. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Organic chemistry

Noun

Forms: carotenoids [plural]
Etymology: carotene + -oid Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|carotene|oid}} carotene + -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} carotenoid (plural carotenoids)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of yellow to red organic pigments including the carotenes and xanthophylls. Categories (topical): Organic chemistry Derived forms: apocarotenoid, epoxycarotenoid, ketocarotenoid, noncarotenoid Translations (class of organic compounds): կարոտինոիդ (karotinoid) (Armenian), carotenoide [masculine] (Catalan), 類胡蘿蔔素 (Chinese Mandarin), 类胡萝卜素 (lèihúluóbosù) (Chinese Mandarin), karotenoidi (Finnish), caroténoïde (French), carotenoide [masculine] (Galician), Karotinoid [neuter] (German), Carotinoid [neuter] [technical, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (German), καροτενοειδή (karotenoeidí) [masculine] (Greek), carotenoide [masculine] (Italian), カロテノイド (karotenoido) (Japanese), каротиноид (karotinoid) (Kazakh), 카로티노이드 (karotinoideu) (Korean), каратиноид (karatinoid) (Kyrgyz), കരോട്ടിനോയ്ഡ് (karōṭṭinōyḍŭ) (Malayalam), کاروتنوئید (Persian), karotenoid [masculine] (Polish), carotenoide [masculine] (Portuguese), carotenoide [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-carotenoid-en-noun-OHzYyz5k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -oid Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 45 55 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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