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altheine

altheine noun: asparagine.

Noun

altheine (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) asparagine

Origin of altheine

taxonomic name Althaea (“marshmallow genus”) + -ine

Questions about altheine

What does altheine mean?
Altheine means asparagine.
What part of speech is altheine?
Altheine is a noun.

Words near altheine in the dictionary

  1. Althauses
  2. althausite
  3. althea
  4. Althean
  5. altheas
  6. altheine
  7. althesin
  8. Althia
  9. althiazide
  10. Althing
  11. althiomycin

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