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glochidone

glochidone noun: a pentacyclic triterpenoid (1R,3aR,5aR,5bR,7aR,11aR,11bR,13aR,13bR)-3a,5a,5b,8,8,11a-hexamethyl-1-prop-1-en-2-yl-2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,11b,12,13,13a,13b-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]chrysen-9-one present in plants of the genus Glochidion.

Noun

glochidone (uncountable)

  1. A pentacyclic triterpenoid (1R,3aR,5aR,5bR,7aR,11aR,11bR,13aR,13bR)-3a,5a,5b,8,8,11a-hexamethyl-1-prop-1-en-2-yl-2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,11b,12,13,13a,13b-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]chrysen-9-one present in plants of the genus Glochidion

Questions about glochidone

What does glochidone mean?
Glochidone means a pentacyclic triterpenoid (1R,3aR,5aR,5bR,7aR,11aR,11bR,13aR,13bR)-3a,5a,5b,8,8,11a-hexamethyl-1-prop-1-en-2-yl-2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,11b,12,13,13a,13b-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]chrysen-9-one present in plants of the genus Glochidion.
What part of speech is glochidone?
Glochidone is a noun.

Words near glochidone in the dictionary

  1. glochidia
  2. glochidial
  3. glochidian
  4. glochidiate
  5. glochidium
  6. glochidone
  7. glochidonol
  8. glochids
  9. glock
  10. Glock switch
  11. Glock switches

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