释义 |
diatomin|daɪˈætəmɪn| [f. as prec. + -in.] The yellowish-brown or buff-coloured pigment, which colours diatoms and the brown algæ.
1882Vines Sachs' Bot. 260 [In diatoms] the green colouring matter is concealed, as in the chlorophyll-granules of the Fucaceæ, by a buff-coloured substance, Diatomin or Phycoxanthin. |