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cleistopholine

cleistopholine noun: the apoptogenic quinone 4-methylbenzo[g]quinoline-5,10-dione present in an Enicosanthellum.

Noun

cleistopholine (uncountable)

  1. The apoptogenic quinone 4-methylbenzo[g]quinoline-5,10-dione present in an Enicosanthellum

Origin of cleistopholine

From Cleistopholis.

Questions about cleistopholine

What does cleistopholine mean?
Cleistopholine means the apoptogenic quinone 4-methylbenzo[g]quinoline-5,10-dione present in an Enicosanthellum.
What part of speech is cleistopholine?
Cleistopholine is a noun.

Words near cleistopholine in the dictionary

  1. cleistogams
  2. cleistogamy
  3. cleistogene
  4. cleistogenes
  5. cleistogenous
  6. cleistopholine
  7. cleistothecia
  8. cleistothecial
  9. cleistothecium
  10. cleit
  11. cleitean

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