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crinitol

crinitol noun: a linear diterpenoid derived from the seaweed Cystoseira crinita, (2E,6E,9R,10E)-3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadeca-2,6,10,14-tetraene-1,9-diol.

Noun

crinitol (uncountable)

  1. A linear diterpenoid derived from the seaweed Cystoseira crinita, (2E,6E,9R,10E)-3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadeca-2,6,10,14-tetraene-1,9-diol

Origin of crinitol

From species name crinita, a similar oxocrinol was named at the same time in 1976.

Questions about crinitol

What does crinitol mean?
Crinitol means a linear diterpenoid derived from the seaweed Cystoseira crinita, (2E,6E,9R,10E)-3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadeca-2,6,10,14-tetraene-1,9-diol.
What part of speech is crinitol?
Crinitol is a noun.

Words near crinitol in the dictionary

  1. criniferous
  2. crinigerous
  3. crining
  4. crinite
  5. crinites
  6. crinitol
  7. crinitory
  8. crinivirus
  9. criniviruses
  10. crinière
  11. CRINK

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