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luffin

luffin noun: a toxic ribosome inactivating protein derived from Luffa seeds.

Noun

luffin (countable and uncountable, plural luffins)

  1. A toxic ribosome inactivating protein derived from Luffa seeds.

Forms of luffin

pluralluffins

Origin of luffin

From Luffa + -in.

Questions about luffin

What does luffin mean?
Luffin means a toxic ribosome inactivating protein derived from Luffa seeds.
What part of speech is luffin?
Luffin is a noun.
What is the plural of luffin?
The plural of luffin is luffins.

Words near luffin in the dictionary

  1. luffed
  2. luffed up
  3. Luffenham
  4. luffer
  5. luffers
  6. luffin
  7. luffing
  8. luffing up
  9. Luffman
  10. Luffmans
  11. luffs

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