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(organic chemistry) A class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through orange to red, this colour originating in a chain of alternating single and double bonds..
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Carotene means (organic chemistry) A class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through orange to red, this colour originating in a chain of alternating single and double bonds..
Common synonyms include E160, carotin, provitamin a.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use carotene where its definition matches the intended context.
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