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accessory pigment

–noun Botany, Biochemistry.
any pigment in plants that can absorb light energy and pass the electrons along to the primary pigment which starts the process of photosynthesis.
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accessory pigment  
n.   Botany
A pigment that absorbs light energy and transfers it to chlorophyll A.
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