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hydrastine

hydrastine noun: a natural alkaloid present in goldenseal.

Noun

hydrastine (uncountable)

  1. A natural alkaloid present in goldenseal.

Origin of hydrastine

From Hydrastis canadensis (“the taxonomic name of goldenseal”) + -ine.

Questions about hydrastine

What does hydrastine mean?
Hydrastine means a natural alkaloid present in goldenseal.
What part of speech is hydrastine?
Hydrastine is a noun.

Words near hydrastine in the dictionary

  1. hydras
  2. hydrase
  3. hydraseeding
  4. hydrases
  5. hydrastin
  6. hydrastine
  7. hydrastinine
  8. hydrastinines
  9. hydratable
  10. hydratase
  11. hydratases

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