sphagnorubin

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noun

A reddish-violet pigment found in the cell walls of several mosses of the genus Sphagnum.

OriginLatin rub(er) →
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Meanings

nounsphagnorubin (countable and uncountable, plural sphagnorubins)

plural sphagnorubins

  1. countableuncountablebiologyA reddish-violet pigment found in the cell walls of several mosses of the genus Sphagnum.

    Shikimic acid is a precursor of sphagnorubin, a reddish-violet pigment extractable from the cell wall of several Sphagnum species (RUDOLPH et al. 1981).

    1984, Manfred Kluge, “IV. Metabolism of Organic Acids”, in Karl Esser, Klaus Kubitzki, Michael Runge, Eberhard Schnepf, Hubert Ziegler, editors, Progress in Botany, volume 46, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, page 101

Origin

  1. Latinrub(er)
  2. Englishsphagnorubin

From sphagno- + possibly rub(y) or Latin rub(er) + -in.

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