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columbamine

columbamine noun: a quaternary isoquinoline alkaloid isolated from Argemone mexicana, (Mexican poppy).

Noun

columbamine (uncountable)

  1. A quaternary isoquinoline alkaloid isolated from Argemone mexicana, (Mexican poppy).

Origin of columbamine

From columbo (“a plant of Mozambique from which it was identified (Jateorhiza palmata)”) + -amine.

Questions about columbamine

What does columbamine mean?
Columbamine means a quaternary isoquinoline alkaloid isolated from Argemone mexicana, (Mexican poppy).
What part of speech is columbamine?
Columbamine is a noun.

Words near columbamine in the dictionary

  1. colulus
  2. colum
  3. Columba
  4. columbamide
  5. columbamides
  6. columbamine
  7. Columban
  8. Columbanian
  9. columbaria
  10. columbaries
  11. columbariid

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