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coptisine

coptisine noun: a bitter alkaloid found in Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis).

Noun

coptisine (uncountable)

  1. A bitter alkaloid found in Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis).

Origin of coptisine

From Coptis + -ine.

Questions about coptisine

What does coptisine mean?
Coptisine means a bitter alkaloid found in Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis).
What part of speech is coptisine?
Coptisine is a noun.

Words near coptisine in the dictionary

  1. Coptic Catholic
  2. Coptic Catholics
  3. Coptic Church
  4. Copticist
  5. Copticists
  6. coptisine
  7. Copto-
  8. coptoclavid
  9. coptoclavids
  10. coptodonine
  11. coptodonines

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