1) Blue pigment in algae 2) Pigment 
Phycocyanin is a pigment-protein complex from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, along with allophycocyanin and phycoerythrin. It is an accessory pigment to chlorophyll. All phycobiliproteins are water-soluble, so they cannot exist within the membrane like carotenoids can. Instead, phycobiliproteins aggregate to form clusters that adher...
• (n.) Alt. of Phycocyanine
(from the article `algae`) ...Some green algae use carotenoids for harvesting photosynthetically active light, but the Dinophyceae and chromophyte algae almost always use ...
Blue phycobilin found in some algae, and especially in cyanobacteria.
a blue water soluble pigment used in cyanobacteria and the red algae to absorb sunlight in photosynthesis.
blue, water-soluble pigment found in the cyanobacteria and the red algae.
[n] - blue pigment in algae
noun blue pigment in algae