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gentiopicrin

gentiopicrin noun: a bitter glycoside ((5R-trans)-5-ethenyl-6-(b-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-5,6-dihydro-1H,3H-pyrano[3,4-c]pyran-1-one) found in gentians.

Noun

gentiopicrin (uncountable)

  1. A bitter glycoside ((5R-trans)-5-ethenyl-6-(b-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-5,6-dihydro-1H,3H-pyrano[3,4-c]pyran-1-one) found in gentians

Origin of gentiopicrin

From gentian + Ancient Greek πικρός (pikrós, “bitter”) + -in.

Questions about gentiopicrin

What does gentiopicrin mean?
Gentiopicrin means a bitter glycoside ((5R-trans)-5-ethenyl-6-(b-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-5,6-dihydro-1H,3H-pyrano[3,4-c]pyran-1-one) found in gentians.
What part of speech is gentiopicrin?
Gentiopicrin is a noun.

Words near gentiopicrin in the dictionary

  1. gentiobiulose
  2. gentiocyanin
  3. gentiocyanins
  4. gentiodelphin
  5. gentiolactone
  6. gentiopicrin
  7. gentiopicroside
  8. gentisate
  9. gentisates
  10. gentisein
  11. gentisic acid

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