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cucurbituril

cucurbituril noun: any of a class of macrocyclic molecules consisting of glycoluril repeat units.

cucurbituril: any of a class of macrocyclic molecules consisting of glycoluril repeat units
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Noun

cucurbituril (plural cucurbiturils)

  1. Any of a class of macrocyclic molecules consisting of glycoluril repeat units.

Forms of cucurbituril

pluralcucurbiturils

Origin of cucurbituril

From cucurbit, due to the resemblance between the molecular structure and the appearance of a pumpkin.

Questions about cucurbituril

What does cucurbituril mean?
Cucurbituril means any of a class of macrocyclic molecules consisting of glycoluril repeat units.
What part of speech is cucurbituril?
Cucurbituril is a noun.
What is the plural of cucurbituril?
The plural of cucurbituril is cucurbiturils.

Words near cucurbituril in the dictionary

  1. cucurbite
  2. cucurbites
  3. cucurbitine
  4. cucurbitoid
  5. cucurbits
  6. cucurbituril
  7. cucurbiturils
  8. Cucuteni
  9. cud
  10. cuda
  11. Cudahy

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