Hypernym

noun

any of a large class of plant pigments having a chemical structure based on or similar to flavone

anthocyanidin 1

noundomain: substance

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English

Definition

any of a class of water-soluble glycosidic pigments, esp those responsible for the red and blue colours in flowers.

Examples

1.The stability of anthocyanidins is dependent on pH.

Hyponym

pelargonidin 1

noun

a type of plant pigment producing a characteristic orange color used in food and industrial dyes.

aurantinidin 1

noun

a water-soluble, red plant dye.

cyanidin 1

noun

a pigment found in many red berries including but not limited to grapes, bilberry, blackberry, blueberry, cherry, cranberry, elderberry, hawthorn, loganberry, açai berry and raspberry.

delphinidin 1

noun

A purple or brownish-red anthocyanin compound occurring widely in plants.

europinidin 1

noun

a water-soluble, bluish red plant dye that can be found in some species of Plumbago and Ceratostigma.