phycobilin

noun

Meaning

Any of a group of highly coloured pigments found in some photosynthetic algae; they are open-chain tetrapyrroles related to mammalian bile pigments

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Related words

phycobiliprotein(English)phycobiloprotein(English)phycoerythrobilin(English)bile pigment(English)phycocyanobilin(English)bilin(English)biliprotein(English)phytochromobilin(English)cyanobacteria(English)algae(English)found(English)

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