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conessine

conessine noun: a steroid alkaloid found in a number of plant species of the Apocynaceae family, sometimes used in herbal medicine as a treatment for amoebic dysentery.

Noun

conessine (usually uncountable, plural conessines)

  1. (usually) A steroid alkaloid found in a number of plant species of the Apocynaceae family, sometimes used in herbal medicine as a treatment for amoebic dysentery.

Forms of conessine

pluralconessines

Origin of conessine

From conessi + -ine, after the name of a tree.

Questions about conessine

What does conessine mean?
Conessine means a steroid alkaloid found in a number of plant species of the Apocynaceae family, sometimes used in herbal medicine as a treatment for amoebic dysentery.
What part of speech is conessine?
Conessine is a noun.
What is the plural of conessine?
The plural of conessine is conessines.

Words near conessine in the dictionary

  1. cones of power
  2. cones of shame
  3. cones of silence
  4. cones off
  5. Coneses
  6. conessine
  7. conessines
  8. conestat alfa
  9. Conestee
  10. Conestoga
  11. Conestoga wagon

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