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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a compound that can be converted to a pigment; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Chromogen \Chro"mo*gen\, [Gr. ? color + -gen.]
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   1. (Biol.) Vegetable coloring matter other than green;
      chromule.
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   2. (Chem.) Any colored compound, supposed to contain one or
      more chromophores.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

chromogen
    n 1: a compound that can be converted to a pigment