Definitions for carotenes

carotenes car·o·tene

Spelling: [kar-uh-teen]
IPA: /ˈkær əˌtin/

Carotenes is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 832 anagrams from letters in carotenes (aceenorst).

Definitions for carotenes

noun

  1. any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.

Origin of carotenes

1860-65; Late Latin carōt(a) carrot + -ene

Word Value for carotenes
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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