lutein Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks
    xanthophyl; xanthophyll.

WordNet

Lu"te*in noun
Etymology
From corpus luteum.
Definitions
  1. (Physiol. Chem.) A substance of a strongly marked yellow color, extracted from the yelk of eggs, and from the tissue of the corpus luteum.

Webster 1913