Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various water-soluble pigments that impart to flowers and other plant parts colors ranging from violet and blue to most shades of red.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The dissolved coloring matter in blue flowers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
anthokyan .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry Any of many water-soluble
red toviolet plant pigments related to theflavonoids .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The anthocyanin is in both cases the same, but in the rose it is bound to a plant acid and is therefore red, whereas in the cornflower it is bound to an alkali and is therefore blue.
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The fruit are rich in an antioxidant pigment called anthocyanin which is thought to have anti-cancer properties.
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They contain powerful phytochemicals, such as anthocyanin, which is the pigment that gives blueberries their color.
Signs of the Times 2009
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They contain powerful phytochemicals, such as anthocyanin, which is the pigment that gives blueberries their color.
foodconsumer.org 2009
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The fruit are rich in an antioxidant pigment called anthocyanin which is thought to have anti-cancer properties.
British Blogs 2008
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The colour is driven by a pigment called anthocyanin within the cabbage that reacts to the soil's pH - acidic soils give you these red colourings.
Buttered Red Cabbage Haalo 2009
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The colour is driven by a pigment called anthocyanin within the cabbage that reacts to the soil's pH - acidic soils give you these red colourings.
Archive 2009-06-01 Haalo 2009
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The pigment anthocyanin from the Greek for “dark blue flower” has powerful anticancer properties.
Superfoods for Babies and Children Annabel Karmel 2006
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The pigment anthocyanin from the Greek for “dark blue flower” has powerful anticancer properties.
Superfoods for Babies and Children Annabel Karmel 2006
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As summer wanes, some tree species manufacture a substance called anthocyanin, which helps them winterize.
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The purple tomato is the first she designed to have more anthocyanin, a naturally occurring anti-inflammatory compound.
Learning to Love G.M.O.s By 2021
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