# phaeopigment

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A non-photosynthetic pigment which is the degradation product of algal chlorophyll pigments. It is commonly formed during and after marine phytoplankton blooms.

## Etymology
From phaeo- + pigment.

## Source
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