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carissin

carissin noun: a toxic cardioactive glucoside obtained from a shrub in the genus Carissa.

Noun

carissin (uncountable)

  1. A toxic cardioactive glucoside obtained from a shrub in the genus Carissa.

Origin of carissin

From Carissa + -in.

Questions about carissin

What does carissin mean?
Carissin means a toxic cardioactive glucoside obtained from a shrub in the genus Carissa.
What part of speech is carissin?
Carissin is a noun.

Words near carissin in the dictionary

  1. carisoprodol
  2. carissa
  3. carissa plum
  4. carissa plums
  5. carissas
  6. carissin
  7. Caristia
  8. caristiid
  9. caristiids
  10. caritative
  11. carite

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