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chaconine

chaconine noun: a steroidal glycoalkaloid chemical compound found in plants of the family Solanaceae, responsible for the bitter taste of unripe potatoes.

Noun

chaconine (countable and uncountable, plural chaconines)

  1. A steroidal glycoalkaloid chemical compound found in plants of the family Solanaceae, responsible for the bitter taste of unripe potatoes.

Forms of chaconine

pluralchaconines

Questions about chaconine

What does chaconine mean?
Chaconine means a steroidal glycoalkaloid chemical compound found in plants of the family Solanaceae, responsible for the bitter taste of unripe potatoes.
What part of speech is chaconine?
Chaconine is a noun.
What is the plural of chaconine?
The plural of chaconine is chaconines.

Words near chaconine in the dictionary

  1. Chacon
  2. chacona
  3. chaconas
  4. chaconiaceous
  5. chaconies
  6. chaconine
  7. chaconines
  8. chaconne
  9. chaconnes
  10. Chacons
  11. chacony

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