retinene

Noun
  1. Either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light (synset 115029953)
    is a type of: pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
    substance meronym: retinal purple, rhodopsin, visual purple - a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light
    same as: retinal

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