| visual purple 
 
 a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates;
 dissociates into retinene by light
 • Syn:
 rhodopsin, retinal purple
 • Hypernyms:
 photopigment
 • Part Holonyms:
 rod, rod cell, retinal rod
 • Substance Meronyms:
 opsin, retinene, retinal
 
 
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