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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks;
[syn: xanthophyll, xanthophyl, lutein]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lutein \Lu"te*in\, n. [From corpus luteum.] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance of a strongly marked yellow color, extracted from the yolk of eggs, and from the tissue of the corpus luteum. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lutein n 1: yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks [syn: xanthophyll, xanthophyl, lutein]