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Lutein

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Noun

1. lutein, xanthophyl, xanthophyll

yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks

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Lutein

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noun
a xanthophyll pigment, occurring in plants, that has a light-absorbing function in photosynthesis

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Lutein

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noun
1. 
xanthophyll
2. 
a preparation of dried and powdered corpus luteum

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Lutein

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n.
1. A yellow-orange xanthophyll carotenoid, C40H56O2, that occurs naturally in green plants and in the fat of plant-eating animals, egg yolk, the corpus luteum, and the retina, and that may help to prevent macular degeneration.
2. A dried preparation of corpus luteum.

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