beta-carotene

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   an isomer of carotene that is found in dark green and dark yellow fruits and vegetables

   Broaderprovitamin Acarotenoid

Questions about beta-carotene

What does beta-carotene mean?

beta-carotene means "an isomer of carotene that is found in dark green and dark yellow fruits and vegetables".

How many syllables are in beta-carotene?

beta-carotene has 5 syllables and divides as be-ta--ca-ro-tene under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is beta-carotene a common word?

beta-carotene is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.