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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Xanthophyll

· Xan·tho·phyll · IPA
01 n. A yellow coloring matter found in yellow autumn leaves, and also produced artificially from chlorophyll; -- formerly called also phylloxanthin.
  1. 1.
    A yellow coloring matter found in yellow autumn leaves, and also produced artificially from chlorophyll; -- formerly called also phylloxanthin.(Bot.) Also: phylloxanthin