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melleolide

melleolide noun: the compound (3-formyl-2a-hydroxy-6,6,7b-trimethyl-1,2,4a,5,7,7a-hexahydrocyclobuta[e]inden-2-yl) 2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzoate that is present in the honey mushroom (Armillaria mellea).

Noun

melleolide (uncountable)

  1. The compound (3-formyl-2a-hydroxy-6,6,7b-trimethyl-1,2,4a,5,7,7a-hexahydrocyclobuta[e]inden-2-yl) 2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzoate that is present in the honey mushroom (Armillaria mellea)

Questions about melleolide

What does melleolide mean?
Melleolide means the compound (3-formyl-2a-hydroxy-6,6,7b-trimethyl-1,2,4a,5,7,7a-hexahydrocyclobuta[e]inden-2-yl) 2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzoate that is present in the honey mushroom (Armillaria mellea).
What part of speech is melleolide?
Melleolide is a noun.

Words near melleolide in the dictionary

  1. melled
  2. Mellema
  3. Mellemas
  4. Mellen
  5. Mellens
  6. melleolide
  7. melleous
  8. meller
  9. mellerdrammer
  10. mellerdrammers
  11. mellers

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