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cyclamin

cyclamin noun: a white amorphous substance, originally regarded as a glucoside but now known to be a triterpenoid glycoside, extracted from the corm of Cyclamen purpurascens.

Noun

cyclamin (uncountable)

  1. A white amorphous substance, originally regarded as a glucoside but now known to be a triterpenoid glycoside, extracted from the corm of Cyclamen purpurascens.

Origin of cyclamin

From cyclam(en) + -in.

Questions about cyclamin

What does cyclamin mean?
Cyclamin means a white amorphous substance, originally regarded as a glucoside but now known to be a triterpenoid glycoside, extracted from the corm of Cyclamen purpurascens.
What part of speech is cyclamin?
Cyclamin is a noun.

Words near cyclamin in the dictionary

  1. cyclamens
  2. cyclamic
  3. cyclamic acid
  4. cyclamide
  5. cyclamides
  6. cyclamin
  7. cyclamine
  8. cyclandelate
  9. cyclane
  10. cyclanthaceous
  11. cyclarbamate

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