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Pumpkin pigment
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carotene
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
hydrocarbon found in carrots and other plants, 1861, from German carotin , coined 1831 by German chemist H.W.F. Wackenroder (1789-1854) from Latin carota "carrot" (see carrot ) + German form of chemical suffix -ine (2), denoting a hydrocarbon.
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Carotene (foaled 1983 in Ontario ) is a Canadian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse who holds the filly or mare record for winning the most Sovereign Awards . Bred by David Willmot's Kinghaven Farms , she was a daughter of the British sire Great Nephew ...
Usage examples of carotene.
She was tell-tagging great herds of beasts, varieties of hadrosaur she had not previously noted, and was nearly to the Great Rift where the carotene grass grew.
Constantly taking Vitamin E, constantly grazing on fruits and vegetables for their beta carotene and potassium, I mean you wouldnt believe how much carrot-juice he drank, and as for potassium, hey, potassium could have been his middle name, he had a real obsession about it, he practically had grapes and bananas coming out of his ears.