carotenoid

Definition of Carotenoid in English :

1. carotenoid

any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Carotenoid

noun

1.

any of a group of red or yellow pigments, including carotenes, found in plants and certain animal tissues

adjective

2.

of or resembling carotene or a carotenoid

noun

1.

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

adjective

2.

of or like carotene

3.

of the carotenoids

n.

Any of a class of yellow to red pigments, including the carotenes and the xanthophylls.

adj.

Of or relating to such a pigment.