idaein
noun
idae·in
variants or less commonly idein
īˈdēə̇n
plural -s
: an anthocyanin pigment obtained in the form of the greenish brown crystalline chloride C21H21ClO11 from the skin of red apples and from cranberries and similar fruit; a galactoside of cyanidin
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary idae-, ide- (from New Latin vitis-idaea —specific epithet of the mountain cranberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea minus —, from Latin vitis vine + idaea, feminine of idaeus) + -in