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dehydrin

dehydrin noun: any of a family of proteins expressed in plants in response to dehydration.

Noun

dehydrin (plural dehydrins)

  1. Any of a family of proteins expressed in plants in response to dehydration

Forms of dehydrin

pluraldehydrins

Origin of dehydrin

From dehydro- + -in.

Questions about dehydrin

What does dehydrin mean?
Dehydrin means any of a family of proteins expressed in plants in response to dehydration.
What part of speech is dehydrin?
Dehydrin is a noun.
What is the plural of dehydrin?
The plural of dehydrin is dehydrins.

Words near dehydrin in the dictionary

  1. dehydrative
  2. dehydrator
  3. dehydrators
  4. dehydriding
  5. dehydridings
  6. dehydrin
  7. dehydrins
  8. dehydro-
  9. dehydroabietic
  10. dehydroabietin
  11. dehydroabietinal

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