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单词 lycopene
释义 lycopene
 /luy"keuh peen'/, n. Biochem.
 a red crystalline substance, C40H56, that is the main pigment of certain fruits, as the tomato and paprika, and is a precursor to carotene in plant biosynthesis.
 [1925-30; earlier lycop(in) ( < NL Lycop(ersicon) tomato genus ( < Gk lýk(os) WOLF + -o- -O- + Persikón PEACH1) + -IN2) + -ENE]
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