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cucurbitacins

cucurbitacins is the plural of cucurbitacin.

Meaning of cucurbitacin

Noun

cucurbitacin (plural cucurbitacins)

  1. Any of a class of bitter steroids, found in plants of the family Cucurbitaceae, that prevent them being eaten by herbivores.

Questions about cucurbitacins

What is cucurbitacins the plural of?
Cucurbitacins is the plural of cucurbitacin.

Words near cucurbitacins in the dictionary

  1. cucumoviruses
  2. cucurbit
  3. cucurbita
  4. cucurbitaceous
  5. cucurbitacin
  6. cucurbitacins
  7. cucurbital
  8. cucurbitane
  9. cucurbitanes
  10. cucurbitas
  11. cucurbite

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