Etymology:International Scientific Vocabularycatenar- (from New Latincatenarium — specific epithet of Helminthosporium catenarium — , from Latin, neut of catenarius) + -in; originally formed as German katenarin
: a red pigment C15H10O6 produced as a metabolic product of certain fungi (asHelminthosporium catenarium); 1,4,5,7-tetrahydroxy-2-methyl-anthraquinone