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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 | ||
| Synonyms | retinal purple, rhodopsin | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | photopigment | ||
| Part meronym | retinal rod, rod, rod cell | ||
| Substance holonym | opsin, retinal, retinene | ||
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