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helicidine

helicidine noun: an antitussive consisting of an extract from the mucus of the snail Helix pomatia.

Noun

helicidine (uncountable)

  1. An antitussive consisting of an extract from the mucus of the snail Helix pomatia

Origin of helicidine

From helic- + -idine.

Questions about helicidine

What does helicidine mean?
Helicidine means an antitussive consisting of an extract from the mucus of the snail Helix pomatia.
What part of speech is helicidine?
Helicidine is a noun.

Words near helicidine in the dictionary

  1. helichrysums
  2. helici-
  3. helicicultural
  4. heliciculture
  5. helicid
  6. helicidine
  7. helicids
  8. heliciform
  9. heliciid
  10. heliciids
  11. helicin

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