Carotin

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Carotin \Ca*ro"tin\, n. (Chem.)
     A red crystallizable tasteless substance, extracted from the
     carrot.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  carotin
       n : an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many
           plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver [syn: {provitamin
           A}, {carotene}]