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hopene

hopene noun: a pentacyclic triterpene hydrocarbon produced from squalene by a cyclase enzyme.

Noun

hopene (countable and uncountable, plural hopenes)

  1. A pentacyclic triterpene hydrocarbon produced from squalene by a cyclase enzyme.

Forms of hopene

pluralhopenes

Origin of hopene

From hop + -ene, as found in the hop plant.

Questions about hopene

What does hopene mean?
Hopene means a pentacyclic triterpene hydrocarbon produced from squalene by a cyclase enzyme.
What part of speech is hopene?
Hopene is a noun.
What is the plural of hopene?
The plural of hopene is hopenes.

Words near hopene in the dictionary

  1. hopemaxxed
  2. hopemaxxes
  3. hopemaxxing
  4. hopemonger
  5. hopemongers
  6. hopene
  7. hopenes
  8. hopenosis
  9. hopepunk
  10. hoper
  11. hopers

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