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alkaligenous

alkaligenous adjective: producing or generating alkali.

Adjective

alkaligenous (comparative more alkaligenous, superlative most alkaligenous)

  1. Producing or generating alkali.

Forms of alkaligenous

comparativemore alkaligenous
superlativemost alkaligenous

Origin of alkaligenous

From alkali + -genous.

Questions about alkaligenous

What does alkaligenous mean?
Alkaligenous means producing or generating alkali.
What part of speech is alkaligenous?
Alkaligenous is an adjective.

Words near alkaligenous in the dictionary

  1. alkalified
  2. alkalifies
  3. alkalify
  4. alkalifying
  5. alkaligen
  6. alkaligenous
  7. alkaligrass
  8. alkaligrasses
  9. alkalimeter
  10. alkalimeters
  11. alkalimetric

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