Definitions for lutein
lutein
lu·te·in
Spelling: [loo-tee-in]
IPA: /ˈlu ti ɪn/
Lutein is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 100 anagrams from letters in lutein (eilntu).
Definitions for lutein
noun
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Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
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a preparation consisting of dried and powdered corpora lutea from hogs.
Origin of lutein
1865-70; Latin lūte(um) yolk of an egg (noun use of neuter of lūteus yellow; see luteous) + -in2