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licorine

licorine is the alternative spelling of lycorine.

Meaning of lycorine

Noun

lycorine (uncountable)

  1. A toxic crystalline alkaloid that inhibits protein synthesis, found in several plant species

Questions about licorine

What is licorine the alternative spelling of?
Licorine is the alternative spelling of lycorine.

Words near licorine in the dictionary

  1. licorice sticks
  2. licorice wheel
  3. licorice wheels
  4. licorices
  5. licoricey
  6. licorine
  7. licorn
  8. licorne
  9. licornes
  10. licorns
  11. licorous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: licorine (page history and authors); lycorine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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