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extensins

extensins is the plural of extensin.

Meaning of extensin

Noun

extensin (plural extensins)

  1. Any of a family of flexuous, rod-like, hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) of the plant cell wall.
    • “A few years ago, we began to study the protein extensin, a natural antifreeze found in carrots, which prevents the carrots from developing ice crystals in the ground.2009 February 5, Camille Sweeney, “It’s Cold and Your Skin Is Suffering. So What Are You Doing to Moisturize?”, in New York Times

Questions about extensins

What is extensins the plural of?
Extensins is the plural of extensin.

Words near extensins in the dictionary

  1. extensimeter
  2. extensimeters
  3. extensimetric
  4. extensimetry
  5. extensin
  6. extensins
  7. extensiometer
  8. extensiometers
  9. extensiometry
  10. extension
  11. extension block

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