English Explanatory Dictionary

phaeopigment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A non-photosynthetic pigment which is the degradation product of algal chlorophyll pigments. It is commonly formed during and after marine phytoplankton blooms.

Word forms

phaeopigment phaeopigments pheopigment

Etymology

From phaeo- + pigment.

Related words

phaeochrome

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