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laevulin

laevulin is the alternative form of levulin.

Meaning of levulin

Noun

levulin (countable and uncountable, plural levulins)

  1. A substance resembling dextrin, obtained from the bulbs of the dahlia, the artichoke, and other sources, that yields levulose on decomposition.

Forms of laevulin

plurallaevulins

Questions about laevulin

What is laevulin the alternative form of?
Laevulin is the alternative form of levulin.

Words near laevulin in the dictionary

  1. laevorotation
  2. laevorotations
  3. laevorotatory
  4. laevoversion
  5. laevoversions
  6. laevulin
  7. laevulinate
  8. laevulinates
  9. laevulinic acid
  10. laevulins
  11. laevulose

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