RETINENE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light

Synonyms:

retinal; retinene

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("retinene" is a kind of...):

pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))

Holonyms ("retinene" is a substance of...):

retinal purple; rhodopsin; visual purple (a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light)