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cryptopine

cryptopine noun: a colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from poppies.

Noun

cryptopine (countable and uncountable, plural cryptopines)

  1. A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from poppies.

Forms of cryptopine

pluralcryptopines

Origin of cryptopine

From crypt- + opium + -ine.

Questions about cryptopine

What does cryptopine mean?
Cryptopine means a colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from poppies.
What part of speech is cryptopine?
Cryptopine is a noun.
What is the plural of cryptopine?
The plural of cryptopine is cryptopines.

Words near cryptopine in the dictionary

  1. cryptophycin
  2. cryptophycins
  3. cryptophyte
  4. cryptophytes
  5. cryptophytic
  6. cryptopine
  7. cryptopines
  8. cryptoplacid
  9. cryptoplacids
  10. cryptopleurine
  11. cryptopleurospermine

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