Associations to the word «Phycocyanin»

Wiktionary

PHYCOCYANIN, noun. (biochemistry) A pigment from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, along with allophycocyanin and phycoerythrin, an accessory pigment to chlorophyll.

Dictionary definition

PHYCOCYANIN, noun. Blue pigment in algae.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats