peridinin

As nouns the difference between terms and peridinin

is that terms is while peridinin is a light-harvesting carotenoid, a pigment related to chlorophyll which appears in the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (pcp) light-harvesting complex in dinoflagellates.

As nouns the difference between dinoflagellate and peridinin

is that dinoflagellate is any of many marine protozoa, of the phylum dinoflagellata, that have two flagella while peridinin is a light-harvesting carotenoid, a pigment related to chlorophyll which appears in the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (pcp) light-harvesting complex in dinoflagellates.

As nouns the difference between chlorophyll and peridinin

is that chlorophyll is chlorophyll (green pigment) while peridinin is a light-harvesting carotenoid, a pigment related to chlorophyll which appears in the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (pcp) light-harvesting complex in dinoflagellates.

As nouns the difference between pigment and peridinin

is that pigment is any color in plant or animal cells while peridinin is a light-harvesting carotenoid, a pigment related to chlorophyll which appears in the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (PCP) light-harvesting complex in dinoflagellates.

As a verb pigment

is to add color or pigment to something.

As nouns the difference between carotenoid and peridinin

is that carotenoid is (organic chemistry) any of a class of yellow to red plant pigments including the carotenes and xanthophylls while peridinin is a light-harvesting carotenoid, a pigment related to chlorophyll which appears in the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (pcp) light-harvesting complex in dinoflagellates.

As an adjective carotenoid

is (organic chemistry) of or relating to such a class of pigments.