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geranylate

geranylate noun: any salt or ester of geranic acid or geranylic acid.

Noun

geranylate (plural geranylates)

  1. Any salt or ester of geranic acid or geranylic acid

Verb

geranylate (third-person singular simple present geranylates, present participle geranylating, simple past and past participle geranylated)

  1. To introduce a geranyl group into a molecule

Forms of geranylate

Noun
pluralgeranylates
Verb
third-person singular presentgeranylates
present participlegeranylating
past participlegeranylated
pastgeranylated

Origin of geranylate

From geranylic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

From geranylic acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from geranylate

  • geranylgeranylate

Questions about geranylate

What does geranylate mean?
Geranylate means any salt or ester of geranic acid or geranylic acid.
What part of speech is geranylate?
Geranylate can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of geranylate?
The plural of geranylate is geranylates.

Words near geranylate in the dictionary

  1. gerant
  2. gerants
  3. geranygeranyl
  4. geranygeranyls
  5. geranyl
  6. geranylate
  7. geranylated
  8. geranylates
  9. geranylating
  10. geranylation
  11. geranylations

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