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heterophylline

heterophylline noun: a pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in Parsonsia heterophylla.

Noun

heterophylline (uncountable)

  1. A pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in Parsonsia heterophylla.

Origin of heterophylline

From Latin heterophylla + -ine.

Questions about heterophylline

What does heterophylline mean?
Heterophylline means a pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in Parsonsia heterophylla.
What part of speech is heterophylline?
Heterophylline is a noun.

Words near heterophylline in the dictionary

  1. heterophoric
  2. heterophyadic
  3. heterophyid
  4. heterophyids
  5. heterophyletic
  6. heterophylline
  7. heterophyllous
  8. heterophylly
  9. heterophyly
  10. heterophyte
  11. heterophytes

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