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    VISUAL PURPLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by lightplay

    Synonyms:

    retinal purple; rhodopsin; visual purple

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    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("visual purple" is a kind of...):

    photopigment (a special pigment found in the rods and cones of the retina)

    Meronyms (substance of "visual purple"):

    opsin (retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin)

    retinal; retinene (either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light)

    Holonyms ("visual purple" is a part of...):

    retinal rod; rod; rod cell (a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light)

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