phycophaein
noun
phy·co·phae·in
variants or phycophein
ˌ⸗⸗ˈfēə̇n
plural -s
: a brown pigment in the cells of brown algae (as the kelps) now believed to be no more than a postmortem oxidation product of fucosan
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary phyc- + -phaein, -phein (from Greek phaios dusky + International Scientific Vocabulary -in)