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English noun: visual purple

1. visual purple (substance) a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light


Synonymsretinal purple, rhodopsin


Broader (hypernym)photopigment


Part meronymretinal rod, rod, rod cell


Substance holonymopsin, retinal, retinene









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