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hygrine

/ˈhɪɡɹaɪn/

hygrine noun: a pyrrolidine alkaloid found mainly in coca leaves, extracted as a thick, pungent, pale-yellow oil of a burning taste.

Noun

hygrine (countable and uncountable, plural hygrines)

  1. A pyrrolidine alkaloid found mainly in coca leaves, extracted as a thick, pungent, pale-yellow oil of a burning taste.

Forms of hygrine

pluralhygrines

Origin of hygrine

From hygr- + -ine.

Questions about hygrine

What does hygrine mean?
Hygrine means a pyrrolidine alkaloid found mainly in coca leaves, extracted as a thick, pungent, pale-yellow oil of a burning taste.
What part of speech is hygrine?
Hygrine is a noun.
How do you pronounce hygrine?
Hygrine is pronounced /ˈhɪɡɹaɪn/.
What is the plural of hygrine?
The plural of hygrine is hygrines.

Words near hygrine in the dictionary

  1. hygiologists
  2. hygiology
  3. hygr-
  4. hygraulic
  5. hygric
  6. hygrine
  7. hygrines
  8. hygristor
  9. hygristors
  10. hygro-
  11. hygro-receptor

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