borolithochrome

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noun

Any of a group of boron-containing pigments present in Jurassic red alga

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Meanings

nounborolithochrome (plural borolithochromes)

plural borolithochromes

  1. Any of a group of boron-containing pigments present in Jurassic red alga

    Boron, from the previously identified borolithochrome pigment, could not be determined as it likely occurs below the ppm level.

    2015 September 15, “Geochemical Evidence of the Seasonality, Affinity and Pigmenation of Solenopora jurassica”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From boro- + litho- + -chrome.

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