phaeopigment (English, noun)
expansion: phaeopigment (plural phaeopigments)
Senses:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A non-photosynthetic pigment which is the degradation product of algal chlorophyll pigments. It is commonly formed during and after marine phytoplankton blooms.
Forms:
form: phaeopigments
tags: plural
form: pheopigment
tags: alternative