Xanthophyll is an English word with synonyms like lutein or carotenoid. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Xanthophyll meaning
- Any of various hydroxy, carbonyl or carboxylic acid derivatives of carotenes.
- Lutein.
Synonyms of Xanthophyll
Using Xanthophyll
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of various hydroxy, carbonyl or carboxylic acid derivatives of carotenes. | Lutein.
- Useful related words include: xanthophyl, lutein, carotenoid.
Context around Xanthophyll
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Xanthophyll
- In this selection, "xanthophyll" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 33.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, carotenoids and pigments stand out and add context to how "xanthophyll" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include from the xanthophyll carotenoids lutein and xanthophyll pigments tend. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "xanthophyll" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with xanthophyll
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The color comes from the xanthophyll carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin Birds * Yellow-breasted chats (Icteria virens) are large foraging songbird found in southern parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico and Central America. (33 words)
Xanthophyll pigments tend to be parallel to visive nerves that, because the fovea is not flat, are almost orthogonal to the fovea in its central part while being nearly parallel in its outer region. (34 words)
Xanthophyll pigments tend to be parallel to visive nerves that, because the fovea is not flat, are almost orthogonal to the fovea in its central part while being nearly parallel in its outer region. (34 words)
The color comes from the xanthophyll carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin Birds * Yellow-breasted chats (Icteria virens) are large foraging songbird found in southern parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico and Central America. (33 words)
Example sentences (2)
The color comes from the xanthophyll carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin Birds * Yellow-breasted chats (Icteria virens) are large foraging songbird found in southern parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico and Central America.
Xanthophyll pigments tend to be parallel to visive nerves that, because the fovea is not flat, are almost orthogonal to the fovea in its central part while being nearly parallel in its outer region.