pigment

noun · verbB1

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noun

Plural noun:

pigments

1.
(biology) Any color in plant or animal cells.
Chlorophyll is the pigment responsible for most plants' green colouring.
2.
A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder.
Umber is a pigment made from clay containing iron and manganese oxide.
3.
(obsolete)Wine flavoured with spices and honey.

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verb

V_es/s

pigments

V_ing/Gerund

pigmenting

V_ed/pp

pigmented

1.
(transitive)To add color or pigment to something.

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From Middle English pigment, from Latin pigmentum (pigment), itself from pingō (to paint) + -mentum; variants of this word may have been known in Old English (e.g. 12th century pyhmentum). pimiento pimento piment.