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fucoxanthin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables
fu-cox-an-thin
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A carotenoid pigment found in the chloroplasts of brown algae.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin fūcus (from Ancient Greek φῦκος (phûkos, “seaweed”)) + ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) + -in.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

fucoxanthins (plural)

Derived Forms

isofucoxanthin

Questions

What does fucoxanthin mean?
A carotenoid pigment found in the chloroplasts of brown algae.
Where does fucoxanthin come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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