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bufadienolide

bufadienolide noun: any of a class of toxic steroids present in some plants and secreted by some toads through the skin as a defense; sometimes present as a glycoside.

Noun

bufadienolide (plural bufadienolides)

  1. Any of a class of toxic steroids present in some plants and secreted by some toads through the skin as a defense; sometimes present as a glycoside.

Forms of bufadienolide

pluralbufadienolides

Questions about bufadienolide

What does bufadienolide mean?
Bufadienolide means any of a class of toxic steroids present in some plants and secreted by some toads through the skin as a defense; sometimes present as a glycoside.
What part of speech is bufadienolide?
Bufadienolide is a noun.
What is the plural of bufadienolide?
The plural of bufadienolide is bufadienolides.

Words near bufadienolide in the dictionary

  1. Buetows
  2. buetschliite
  3. Buettner
  4. Buettners
  5. BUF
  6. bufadienolide
  7. bufadienolides
  8. bufagenin
  9. bufagenins
  10. bufagin
  11. bufagins

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