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Noun: retinal purple
  1. A red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light
    - visual purple, rhodopsin

Derived forms: retinal purples

Type of: photopigment

Part of: retinal rod, rod, rod cell

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