anthocyan
- a variation of anthocyanin.
Example Sentences
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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 Vries, Hugo de
It is the cell-sap of the ordinary cell tissue or parenchyma, which is colored by the anthocyan, and for this reason all organs possessing this tissue, may exhibit the color in question.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
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 Vries, Hugo de
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 Piesse, George William Septimus
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 Vries, Hugo de
