Any of a group of related carotenoid pigments present (usually as rhamnosides) in the photosynthetic apparatus of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae); a mixture of such pigments.
Origin
1930s. From myxo- + xanthophyll, after myxoxanthin.
Definition of myxoxanthophyll in US English:
myxoxanthophyll
nounˌmɪksəʊˈzanθə(ʊ)fɪl
Biochemistry
Any of a group of related carotenoid pigments present (usually as rhamnosides) in the photosynthetic apparatus of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae); a mixture of such pigments.
Origin
1930s. From myxo- + xanthophyll, after myxoxanthin.