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nounphycocyanin (countable and uncountable, plural phycocyanins)
plural phycocyanins
- countableuncountablebiochemistryA pigment from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, along with allophycocyanin and phycoerythrin, an accessory pigment to chlorophyll.
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phycocyanin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phycocyanin
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“phycocyanin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phycocyanin. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phycocyanin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phycocyanin.
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