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LYCOPENE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Carotenoid that makes tomatoes red; may lower the risk of prostate cancer
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Hypernyms ("lycopene" is a kind of...):
carotenoid (any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals)