anthocyanin
noun
any of a subset of flavonoids noted for properties of pigmentation, which provide the range of red, purple, and blue colors in fruits, vegetables, flowers, and cereals.
anthocyan
-
a variation of
anthocyanin.
Example Sentences
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Some observers have assumed that flowers owe their color to only two coloring matters, one of which is termed anthocyan, and the other anthoxanthine.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
They have been shown to be all derivatives of the anthocyan nucleus.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
Once present, the faculty of producing the anthocyan, the color in question, will come into activity wherever and whenever opportunity presents itself.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
The anthocyan dye is limited to the sap-cavity of the cells, while the yellow and pure orange colors are fixed in special organs of the protoplasm.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
The anthocyan dye is lacking in both organs, and the same is the case with the stems and the leaves.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
