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# lycopene

«lycopene» in Mova's school dictionary: **a natural red colouring found in tomatoes, watermelon and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (lycopene)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lycopene is a natural red colouring found in tomatoes, watermelon and pink grapefruit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lycopene/#m1)

2) It is an antioxidant, a substance that may help protect the body's cells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lycopene/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Met in science and healthy-eating lessons about what makes fruit red and why tomatoes are good for you. It tells the reader about chemistry inside food.

### examples

- Lycopene makes tomatoes red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lycopene/#x1)
- Watermelon also contains lycopene. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lycopene/#x2)
- Cooked tomatoes give your body more lycopene than raw ones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lycopene/#x3)
- Lycopene is a kind of antioxidant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lycopene/#x4)
- Ketchup has lycopene in it, but also a lot of sugar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lycopene/#x5)
- Scientists study whether lycopene helps keep hearts healthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lycopene/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Say «LIE-ko-peen». Health claims about lycopene are still studied; it is not a medicine and does not cure illness on its own.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lycopene» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lycopene/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.