Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
carotene
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: provitamin A, carotene
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: provitamin
Narrower terms: beta-carotene
History
No etymology was provided for this word.
