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lepidine

lepidine adjective: composed of scales.

Adjective

lepidine (not comparable)

  1. Composed of scales.

Noun

lepidine (countable and uncountable, plural lepidines)

  1. 4-methylquinoline, a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound used in the preparation of certain dyes.

Forms of lepidine

plurallepidines

Words formed from lepidine

  • eulepidine
  • isolepidine
  • multilepidine
  • nephrolepidine
  • trybliolepidine

Questions about lepidine

What does lepidine mean?
Lepidine means composed of scales.
What part of speech is lepidine?
Lepidine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near lepidine in the dictionary

  1. lepicerid
  2. lepicerids
  3. lepid
  4. lepidic
  5. lepidicrocite
  6. lepidine
  7. lepidines
  8. lepidium
  9. lepidiums
  10. lepido-
  11. lepidocaryoid

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