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gentianine

gentianine noun: a crystalline alkaloid solid obtained from gentian.

Noun

gentianine (uncountable)

  1. A crystalline alkaloid solid obtained from gentian.

Origin of gentianine

From gentian + -ine.

Questions about gentianine

What does gentianine mean?
Gentianine means a crystalline alkaloid solid obtained from gentian.
What part of speech is gentianine?
Gentianine is a noun.

Words near gentianine in the dictionary

  1. gentianella
  2. gentianellas
  3. gentianic
  4. gentianic acid
  5. gentianin
  6. gentianine
  7. gentianophilic
  8. gentianophilous
  9. gentianophobic
  10. gentianose
  11. gentians

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