pelargonidin

noun

pel·​ar·​gon·​i·​din

plural -s

: an anthocyanidin pigment obtained in the form of its red-brown crystalline chloride C₁₅H₁₁ClO₅ by hydrolysis of pelargonin and also made synthetically

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary pelargonic + -idin

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