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lentinan

lentinan noun: a glucan found in the fruiting body of shiitake (Lentinula edodes).

Noun

lentinan (plural lentinans)

  1. A glucan found in the fruiting body of shiitake (Lentinula edodes).

Forms of lentinan

plurallentinans

Questions about lentinan

What does lentinan mean?
Lentinan means a glucan found in the fruiting body of shiitake (Lentinula edodes).
What part of speech is lentinan?
Lentinan is a noun.
What is the plural of lentinan?
The plural of lentinan is lentinans.

Words near lentinan in the dictionary

  1. lentil-weaving
  2. lentilist
  3. lentilists
  4. lentilly
  5. lentils
  6. lentinan
  7. lentinans
  8. lentinoid
  9. lentiretroviral
  10. lentiretrovirus
  11. lentiretroviruses

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