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gyromitrin

gyromitrin noun: a toxin and possible carcinogen present in most members of the fungal genus Gyromitra, most notably the false morel Gyromitra esculenta.

Noun

gyromitrin (uncountable)

  1. A toxin and possible carcinogen present in most members of the fungal genus Gyromitra, most notably the false morel Gyromitra esculenta.

Origin of gyromitrin

Gyromitra + -in

Questions about gyromitrin

What does gyromitrin mean?
Gyromitrin means a toxin and possible carcinogen present in most members of the fungal genus Gyromitra, most notably the false morel Gyromitra esculenta.
What part of speech is gyromitrin?
Gyromitrin is a noun.

Words near gyromitrin in the dictionary

  1. gyrometer
  2. gyrometers
  3. gyrometric
  4. gyromidpoint
  5. gyromidpoints
  6. gyromitrin
  7. gyromotion
  8. gyron
  9. gyronny
  10. gyronné
  11. gyrons

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