The Orange Pigment in Carrots

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from New York, New York!, Group 367, Puzzle 2 (Lower East Side).

Question is: The Orange Pigment in Carrots

and the answer is: CAROTENE

Word Meaning:

CAROTENE — (organic chemistry) A class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through orange to red, this colour originating in a chain of alternating single and double bonds.

Definitions from Wiktionary.

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