lutein

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Noun
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lu=te=in

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun lutein has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

luteinn. [From corpus luteum.].
     A substance of a strongly marked yellow color, extracted from the yolk of eggs, and from the tissue of the corpus luteum.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

lutein, n. Chem. a pigment of a deep yellow colour found in egg-yolk etc.

Etymology
L luteum yolk of egg, neut. of luteus yellow

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