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whats pigment?

hahahai have no clue what that means!

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Color.
It's a small plant that pigs love to eat. It's sort of like catnip, except that pigs love it (cats won't touch it). It is related to the catnip and mint family of plants.
n biology, a pigment or biochrome[citation needed] is any material resulting in color of plant or animal cells, which is the result of selective color absorption. Many biological structures, such as skin, eyes, fur and hair contain pigments (such as melanin) in specialized cells called chromatophores. Plant pigments include a variety of different kinds of molecules, including porphyrins, carotenoids, and anthocyanins. Chlorophyll is the primary pigment in plants; it is a porphyrin that absorbs red and blue wavelengths of light while reflecting green. Carotenoids are red, orange, or yellow tetraterpenoids. Anthocyanins (literally flower blue) are water-soluble flavonoid pigments that appear red to blue, according to pH. They occur in all tissues of higher plants, providing color in leaves, stems, roots, flowers, and fruits, though not always in sufficient quantities to be noticeable.Betalains are red or yellow pigments. Like anthocyanins they are water-soluble, but unlike anthocyanins they are indole-derived compounds synthesized from tyrosine. For more info visit : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_...

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