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cardenolide

cardenolide noun: any of many steroid lactones present in plants as glycosides; they are all toxic, affecting the heart.

Noun

cardenolide (plural cardenolides)

  1. Any of many steroid lactones present in plants as glycosides; they are all toxic, affecting the heart

Forms of cardenolide

pluralcardenolides

Questions about cardenolide

What does cardenolide mean?
Cardenolide means any of many steroid lactones present in plants as glycosides; they are all toxic, affecting the heart.
What part of speech is cardenolide?
Cardenolide is a noun.
What is the plural of cardenolide?
The plural of cardenolide is cardenolides.

Words near cardenolide in the dictionary

  1. Cardenas
  2. Cardenases
  3. Cardenden
  4. cardened
  5. cardening
  6. cardenolide
  7. cardenolides
  8. cardens
  9. carder
  10. carder bee
  11. carder bees

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