idaein

noun

idae·​in

variants or less commonly idein

īˈdēə̇n

plural -s

: an anthocyanin pigment obtained in the form of the greenish brown crystalline chloride C₂₁H₂₁ClO₁₁ from the skin of red apples and from cranberries and similar fruit; a galactoside of cyanidin

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary idae-, ide- (from New Latin vitis-idaea —specific epithet of the mountain cranberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea minus —, from Latin vitis vine + idaea, feminine of idaeus) + -in

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