Definitions for visual purple

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

vis′ual pur′ple(n.)

Ref: rhodopsin.

Origin of visual purple:

1895–1900

Princeton's WordNet

visual purple, rhodopsin, retinal purple(noun)
a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light

Wiktionary

visual purple(Noun)
The pigment rhodopsin.

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