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boswellic acid

boswellic acid noun: any of a series of pentacyclic triterpene molecules produced by plants in the genus Boswellia.

Noun

boswellic acid (plural boswellic acids)

  1. Any of a series of pentacyclic triterpene molecules produced by plants in the genus Boswellia.

Forms of boswellic acid

pluralboswellic acids

Origin of boswellic acid

From Boswellia + -ic + acid.

Questions about boswellic acid

What does boswellic acid mean?
Boswellic acid means any of a series of pentacyclic triterpene molecules produced by plants in the genus Boswellia.
What part of speech is boswellic acid?
Boswellic acid is a noun.
What is the plural of boswellic acid?
The plural of boswellic acid is boswellic acids.

Words near boswellic acid in the dictionary

  1. bosvark
  2. bosvarks
  3. Boswell
  4. Boswellian
  5. boswellic
  6. boswellic acid
  7. boswellic acids
  8. Boswellism
  9. Boswellisms
  10. Boswellize
  11. Boswellized

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