phaeopigment

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phaeo- +‎ pigment

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phaeopigment (plural phaeopigments)

  1. (biochemistry) A non-photosynthetic pigment which is the degradation product of algal chlorophyll pigments. It is commonly formed during and after marine phytoplankton blooms.

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