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elaterins

elaterins is the plural of elaterin.

Meaning of elaterin

Noun

elaterin (countable and uncountable, plural elaterins)

  1. An extract from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium elaterium (the squirting cucumber), used as a purgative.
    Synonyms:
    elaterium

Questions about elaterins

What is elaterins the plural of?
Elaterins is the plural of elaterin.

Words near elaterins in the dictionary

  1. elaterids
  2. elaterifom
  3. elateriform
  4. elaterin
  5. elaterine
  6. elaterins
  7. elaterite
  8. elaterites
  9. elaterium
  10. elateroid
  11. elateroids

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