- a word derived from pigment.
Example Sentences
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The medical condition sees paler, unpigmented patches develop on a person's skin.
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2021
Many birds lay white, unpigmented eggs—as do all lizards, turtles, crocodiles, and the only known egg-laying mammals, the platypus and the echidna.
From National Geographic • Sep. 18, 2017
A quick look with dive torches shows that the clear blue water is inhabited by these unpigmented troglodytes.
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2011
And people of all races have pale, unpigmented palms and soles.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Berries round, light green, glossy with thin bloom, persistent; skin unusually thin, tender, adherent, unpigmented, astringent; flesh pale green, translucent, juicy, fine-grained, tender, soft, vinous, sweet; good.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.