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glycosinolate

glycosinolate noun: any of a family of toxic nitrogen-containing sugar sulfates found in all brassicas and many related plants. In the presence of myrosinases, they produce the isothiocyanates responsible for the pungent bite in the flavor of these plants.

Noun

glycosinolate (plural glycosinolates)

  1. Any of a family of toxic nitrogen-containing sugar sulfates found in all brassicas and many related plants. In the presence of myrosinases, they produce the isothiocyanates responsible for the pungent bite in the flavor of these plants.

Forms of glycosinolate

pluralglycosinolates

Questions about glycosinolate

What does glycosinolate mean?
Glycosinolate means any of a family of toxic nitrogen-containing sugar sulfates found in all brassicas and many related plants. In the presence of myrosinases, they produce the isothiocyanates responsible for the pungent bite in the flavor of these plants.
What part of speech is glycosinolate?
Glycosinolate is a noun.
What is the plural of glycosinolate?
The plural of glycosinolate is glycosinolates.

Words near glycosinolate in the dictionary

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

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