carotene
(car-o-tene)
3 syllables
Definition
noun. any of four orangered isomers of an unsaturated hydrocarbon present in many plants. It is the orange pigment of carrots and converted to vitamin A in the liver.
Example Sentence
Do you know that carotene makes a carrot orange?
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Rhymes
- carotene