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monellin

monellin noun: a sweet protein found in Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii.

Noun

monellin (countable and uncountable, plural monellins)

  1. A sweet protein found in Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii.

Forms of monellin

pluralmonellins

Origin of monellin

From Monell + -in, named in 1972 after the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, United States, where it was isolated and characterized.

Questions about monellin

What does monellin mean?
Monellin means a sweet protein found in Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii.
What part of speech is monellin?
Monellin is a noun.
What is the plural of monellin?
The plural of monellin is monellins.

Words near monellin in the dictionary

  1. Monegeetta
  2. Monegro
  3. Monegros
  4. Monel
  5. Monell
  6. monellin
  7. monellins
  8. Monells
  9. monembryonic
  10. monembryony
  11. moneme

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