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

Derived forms: visual purples

Type of: photopigment

Part of: retinal rod, rod, rod cell

Encyclopedia: Visual purple

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