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glycosines

glycosines is the plural of glycosine.

Meaning of glycosine

Noun

glycosine (usually uncountable, plural glycosines)

  1. (obsolete, usually) An organic base, C₆H₆N₄, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal.
  2. (usually) The organic compound 1-methyl-2-(phenylmethyl)-4(1H)-quinazolinone (a fused derivative of pyrimidine) found in the toothbrush plant, Glycosmis pentaphylla, sometimes used to ease the pain of arthritis

Questions about glycosines

What is glycosines the plural of?
Glycosines is the plural of glycosine.

Words near glycosines in the dictionary

  1. glycosids
  2. glycosilation
  3. glycosimeter
  4. glycosimeters
  5. glycosine
  6. glycosines
  7. glycosinine
  8. glycosinolate
  9. glycosinolates
  10. glycosinolic acid
  11. glycosis

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