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aspidosperma

aspidosperma noun: a tree in the genus Aspidosperma.

Noun

aspidosperma (countable and uncountable, plural aspidospermas)

  1. A tree in the genus Aspidosperma.
    • Aspidospermas have good bending qualities.1946, Notes on Forty-two Secondary Hardwood Timbers of British Honduras, page 69
  2. A group of indole alkaloids that are found in these trees, noted for a tetracyclic framework and modifications in the carbon skeleton that arise during their biosynthesis via the mevalonate pathway.
    • CA - 08869-04 Heterolytic fragmentation as applied to the synthesis of aspidosperma alkaloids1970, National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Division of Research Grants, Research Grants Index - Part 1, page 30
    • The Aspidosperma alkaloids are the largest group of indole alkaloids.1990, Song Liu, Syntheses of Aspidosperma Alkaloids, page 2

Forms of aspidosperma

pluralaspidospermas

Questions about aspidosperma

What does aspidosperma mean?
Aspidosperma means a tree in the genus Aspidosperma.
What part of speech is aspidosperma?
Aspidosperma is a noun.
What is the plural of aspidosperma?
The plural of aspidosperma is aspidospermas.

Words near aspidosperma in the dictionary

  1. aspidosiphonid
  2. aspidosiphonids
  3. aspidosoma
  4. aspidosomal
  5. aspidosomata
  6. aspidosperma
  7. aspidospermas
  8. aspidospermine
  9. aspidospondylous
  10. aspidospondyly
  11. aspie

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