'Lutein' definitions:
Definition of 'lutein'
(from WordNet)
noun
Yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks [syn: xanthophyll, xanthophyl, lutein]
Definition of 'Lutein'
From: GCIDE
- Lutein \Lu"te*in\, n. [From corpus luteum.] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance of a strongly marked yellow color, extracted from the yolk of eggs, and from the tissue of the corpus luteum. [1913 Webster]