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lucigenin

lucigenin noun: an aromatic compound, bis-N-methylacridinium nitrate, that exhibits a bluish-green fluorescence.

Noun

lucigenin (uncountable)

  1. An aromatic compound, bis-N-methylacridinium nitrate, that exhibits a bluish-green fluorescence.

Origin of lucigenin

From Latin lux (“light”) -gen + -in.

Questions about lucigenin

What does lucigenin mean?
Lucigenin means an aromatic compound, bis-N-methylacridinium nitrate, that exhibits a bluish-green fluorescence.
What part of speech is lucigenin?
Lucigenin is a noun.

Words near lucigenin in the dictionary

  1. lucifugous
  2. lucifugus
  3. lucify
  4. lucifying
  5. lucigen
  6. lucigenin
  7. lucigens
  8. lucigraph
  9. lucigraphs
  10. Lucile
  11. Lucilian

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