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amylic

amylic adjective: pertaining to, or derived from, amyl.

Adjective

amylic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, or derived from, amyl
    • amylic alcohol
    • amylic fermentation

Origin of amylic

From amyl + -ic.

Questions about amylic

What does amylic mean?
Amylic means pertaining to, or derived from, amyl.
What part of speech is amylic?
Amylic is an adjective.

Words near amylic in the dictionary

  1. amylates
  2. amyle
  3. amylene
  4. amylenes
  5. amyles
  6. amylic
  7. amyliferous
  8. amylin
  9. amylinomimetic
  10. amylinomimetics
  11. amylite

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