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heptacosadiene

heptacosadiene noun: any of very many isomeric dialkenes having twenty-seven carbon atoms and two double bonds, but especially (Z,Z) 7,11-heptacosadiene which is a courtship pheromone in fruit flies.

Noun

heptacosadiene (plural heptacosadienes)

  1. Any of very many isomeric dialkenes having twenty-seven carbon atoms and two double bonds, but especially (Z,Z) 7,11-heptacosadiene which is a courtship pheromone in fruit flies

Forms of heptacosadiene

pluralheptacosadienes

Origin of heptacosadiene

From hepta- + -cosa- + di- + -ene.

Questions about heptacosadiene

What does heptacosadiene mean?
Heptacosadiene means any of very many isomeric dialkenes having twenty-seven carbon atoms and two double bonds, but especially (Z,Z) 7,11-heptacosadiene which is a courtship pheromone in fruit flies.
What part of speech is heptacosadiene?
Heptacosadiene is a noun.
What is the plural of heptacosadiene?
The plural of heptacosadiene is heptacosadienes.

Words near heptacosadiene in the dictionary

  1. heptacontagons
  2. heptacontane
  3. heptacontanes
  4. heptacoordinated
  5. heptacopper
  6. heptacosadiene
  7. heptacosadienes
  8. heptacosane
  9. heptacosanes
  10. heptacosanoic
  11. heptacosanoic acid

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