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lutein


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lutein  \Lu"te*in\,  n.  [From  corpus  luteum.]  (Physiol.  Chem.) 
  A  substance  of  a  strongly  marked  yellow  color,  extracted  from 
  the  yelk  of  eggs,  and  from  the  tissue  of  the  corpus  luteum 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lutein 
  n  :  yellow  carotenoid  pigments  in  plants  and  animal  fats  and  egg 
  yolks  [syn:  {xanthophyll},  {xanthophyl}] 




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