Definitions for lycopene

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lycopene ly·co·pene

Spelling: [lahy-kuh-peen]

IPA: /ˈlaɪ kəˌpin/

Lycopene is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 191 anagrams from letters in lycopene (ceelnopy).

Definitions for lycopene

noun

1. a red crystalline substance, C 40 H 56 , that is the main pigment of certain fruits, as the tomato and paprika, and is a precursor to carotene in plant biosynthesis.

Origin of lycopene

1925-30; earlier lycop(in) (New Latin Lycop(ersicon) tomato genus (Greek lýk(os) wolf + -o- -o- + Persikón peach¹