phycophaeinn.

Brit.

/ˌfʌɪkə(ʊ)ˈfiːɪn/, U.S.

/ˌfaɪkəˈfiən/

Forms: 1800s phycophaeine, 1800s– phycophaein.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements. Etymons: phyco- comb. form, Greek ϕαιός , -in suffix¹.

Etymology: < phyco- comb. form + ancient Greek ϕαιός dusky, brownish, grey (see phaeism n.) + -in suffix¹. Compare earlier urophaein at uro- comb. form¹ 1(a).

Biochemistry. Now rare.

A brown colouring matter extracted from brown algae, originally thought to be a pigment in the living alga, but later identified as a product of oxidation in dead specimens.

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the world > life > biology > substance > pigment > [noun] > plant pigments > red or brown

phlobaphene1862

phycophaein1885

the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > colouring matter > [noun] > of natural bodies

phyllophaein1858

phlobaphene1862

phycophaein1885

phaeophyll1890

1885 G. L. Goodale in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) II. ii. x. 295 Analogous pigments extracted by water from algæ of colors other than red have received the following names,—phycophæine (brownish), phycocyanine (bluish), phycoxanthine (yellowish-brown).

1898 H. C. Porter tr. E. Strasburger et al. Text-bk. Bot. 330 The cells of the Phæophyceæ..contain a brown pigment, phycophæin.

1928 Bot. Gaz. 86 331 The material oxidized after death to produce the pigment phycophaein is a colorless chromogen in living cells.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phycophaein
释义	phycophaeinn. Brit. /ˌfʌɪkə(ʊ)ˈfiːɪn/, U.S. /ˌfaɪkəˈfiən/ Forms: 1800s phycophaeine, 1800s– phycophaein. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements. Etymons: phyco- comb. form, Greek ϕαιός , -in suffix¹. Etymology: < phyco- comb. form + ancient Greek ϕαιός dusky, brownish, grey (see phaeism n.) + -in suffix¹. Compare earlier urophaein at uro- comb. form¹ 1(a). Biochemistry. Now rare. A brown colouring matter extracted from brown algae, originally thought to be a pigment in the living alga, but later identified as a product of oxidation in dead specimens. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > pigment > [noun] > plant pigments > red or brown phlobaphene1862 phycophaein1885 the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > colouring matter > [noun] > of natural bodies phyllophaein1858 phlobaphene1862 phycophaein1885 phaeophyll1890 1885 G. L. Goodale in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) II. ii. x. 295 Analogous pigments extracted by water from algæ of colors other than red have received the following names,—phycophæine (brownish), phycocyanine (bluish), phycoxanthine (yellowish-brown). 1898 H. C. Porter tr. E. Strasburger et al. Text-bk. Bot. 330 The cells of the Phæophyceæ..contain a brown pigment, phycophæin. 1928 Bot. Gaz. 86 331 The material oxidized after death to produce the pigment phycophaein is a colorless chromogen in living cells. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1885
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