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anthocyanin(e|ˌænθəʊˈsaɪənɪn, -naɪn| Also -cyan(e), -kyan. [mod. f. Gr. ἄνθος flower + κύανος blue + -in.] One of the blue, violet, or red pigments in plants. Also attrib.
1839Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 434 The blue matter [of chlorophyll] or anthocyane. 1894F. W. Oliver et al. tr. Kerner von Marilaun's Nat. Hist. I. 288 The under side of the leaf is coloured violet by a pigment called anthocyanin. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 763/2 The red pigment anthocyan, which is found very commonly in young developing shoots, petioles, and mid⁓ribs. 1913W. Bateson Mendel's Princ. Hered. i. iii. 38 The addition of various other factors produces anthocyan reds. 1918A. W. Stewart Rec. Adv. Org. Chem. (ed. 3) 209 The anthocyanins. 1924Empire Review May 583/1 The anthocyanin pigments belong to the great class of the glucosides. 1956Sci. News XL. 42 The red and yellow pigments, the anthocyanins and the flavones, were all studied in Java. |