malvidin

noun

mal·​vi·​din

ˈmalvədə̇n

plural -s

: an anthocyanidin widely distributed in plants especially in the form of its glucosides malvin and oenin and also in the free form in grapes and usually obtained as the violet-brown crystalline chloride C₁₇H₁₅ClO₇

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary malv- (from Latin malva mallow) + -idin

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