Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pigmentate

present participle of pigmentate

Of or pertaining to pigmentation.

(dated) Relating to, or furnished with, pigments.

Of or pertaining to pigment.

In terms of pigment.

(biochemistry) any of several coloured metal-containing protein pigments which combine reversibly with oxygen and which are found in the tissues of vertebrates and invertebrates and whose role is to transport oxygen

(biochemistry) Any of several bilins derived from porphyrin that are found in bile; principally bilirubin and biliverdin.

plural of respiratory pigment

(botany) Any non-chlorophyll pigment present in a chloroplast that helps to absorb light but sends all the energy to a chlorophyll.