different between fucoxanthin vs fucoid

English

Etymology

From Latin f?cus (from Ancient Greek ????? (phûkos, “seaweed”)) + ?????? (xanthós, “yellow”) +? -in.

Noun

fucoxanthin (countable and uncountable, plural fucoxanthins)

1. (organic chemistry) A carotenoid pigment found in the chloroplasts of brown algae.

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ????? (phûkos, “seaweed”).

Adjective

fucoid (comparative more fucoid, superlative most fucoid)

1. Resembling or relating to seaweeds of the genus Fucus.
   • 2001, S. Bisgrove and D. Kropf, Asymmetric cell division in fucoid algae, in the Journal of Cell Science, No. 114, 4319-4328

     The first cell division in zygotes of the fucoid brown alga Pelvetia compressa is asymmetric […]

2. Of sandstone: bearing seaweed-like markings.
   • Calcareous siltstone, Cambrian Fucoid Beds, earth.ox.ac.uk webpage

     The Fucoid beds are quite variable in appearance in composition […] The rock unit got its name from the early belief that these markings were the compressed remains of seaweeds (fucoids). Now it is thought that they are the trails left by feeding creatures on the sea floor.

Noun

fucoid (plural fucoids)

1. A fucoid seaweed.

Related terms

• fucoidan
• fucoxanthin
• fucus
• Fucus

Further reading

• Fucus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Fucoidan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Fucales on Wikipedia.Wikipedia