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buxane

buxane noun: a hypothetetical pentacyclic alkane from which Buxus steroidal alkaloids are derived.

Noun

buxane (plural buxanes)

  1. A hypothetetical pentacyclic alkane from which Buxus steroidal alkaloids are derived.

Forms of buxane

pluralbuxanes

Origin of buxane

Name invented by Dildar Ahmed around 1991, named after Buxus

Questions about buxane

What does buxane mean?
Buxane means a hypothetetical pentacyclic alkane from which Buxus steroidal alkaloids are derived.
What part of speech is buxane?
Buxane is a noun.
What is the plural of buxane?
The plural of buxane is buxanes.

Words near buxane in the dictionary

  1. Buwayhid
  2. Buwayhids
  3. BuWeaps
  4. bux
  5. buxaceous
  6. buxane
  7. Buxar
  8. buxaries
  9. buxarries
  10. buxarry
  11. buxary

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