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Meaning of carotenol | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A yellow pigment; an alcohol of carotene.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“[…] almost a dozen other carotenols are regularly found in green leaves.”
“Luteol is by far the most abundant carotenol is leaves ^([sic]) other leaf xanthophylls include zeaxanthol, violaxanthol, cryptoxanthol, flavoxanthol, and neoxanthin.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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