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calycins

calycins is the plural of calycin.

Meaning of calycin

Noun

calycin (countable and uncountable, plural calycins)

  1. An organic compound found in some lichens, such as Chaenotheca chrysocephala (formerly Calicium chrysocephalum).

Questions about calycins

What is calycins the plural of?
Calycins is the plural of calycin.

Words near calycins in the dictionary

  1. calyciflorous
  2. calyciform
  3. calycin
  4. calycinal
  5. calycine
  6. calycins
  7. calycle
  8. calycled
  9. calycles
  10. calycoid
  11. calycophoran

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