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everninate

everninate noun: an ester derived from evernic acid.

Noun

everninate (plural everninates)

  1. An ester derived from evernic acid.
    • The silver-salt, AgO, C₁₈H₉O₇, is obtained as a white precipitate, on addition of nitrate of protoxide of silver to everninate of ammonia.1850, Justus Freiherr von Liebig, Annual Report of the Progress of Chemistry, page 71
    • Among these, Plagiochila stricta elaborated not only bicyclogermacrene (293) but also methyl everninate (= methyl 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-6 methyl benzoate) (1736) as major components (221).2012, Yoshinori Asakawa, Agnieszka Ludwiczuk, Fumihiro Nagashima, Chemical Constituents of Bryophytes, page 503

Forms of everninate

pluraleverninates

Origin of everninate

From Evernia + -ate.

Words formed from everninate

Questions about everninate

What does everninate mean?
Everninate means an ester derived from evernic acid.
What part of speech is everninate?
Everninate is a noun.
What is the plural of everninate?
The plural of everninate is everninates.

Words near everninate in the dictionary

  1. everness
  2. Evernet
  3. evernic
  4. evernic acid
  5. evernimicin
  6. everninate
  7. evernine
  8. everninomicin
  9. evernioid
  10. evernitrose
  11. everolimus

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