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erythrophleine

erythrophleine noun: a white crystalline alkaloid extracted from sassy bark (Erythrophleum suaveolens) and related species.

Noun

erythrophleine (uncountable)

  1. A white crystalline alkaloid extracted from sassy bark (Erythrophleum suaveolens) and related species.

Origin of erythrophleine

From taxonomic name Erythrophleum + -ine.

Questions about erythrophleine

What does erythrophleine mean?
Erythrophleine means a white crystalline alkaloid extracted from sassy bark (Erythrophleum suaveolens) and related species.
What part of speech is erythrophleine?
Erythrophleine is a noun.

Words near erythrophleine in the dictionary

  1. erythrophile
  2. erythrophiles
  3. erythrophilic
  4. erythrophilous
  5. erythrophils
  6. erythrophleine
  7. erythrophobia
  8. erythrophore
  9. erythrophores
  10. erythrophyll
  11. erythrophyllin

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