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monocrotaline

monocrotaline noun: a pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in the rattlebox plants (of genus Crotalaria) that is poisonous to livestock and humans.

Noun

monocrotaline (uncountable)

  1. A pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in the rattlebox plants (of genus Crotalaria) that is poisonous to livestock and humans.
    • Generally the pyrrolizidine alkaloids exist in plants as N-oxides, as shown for monocrotaline and seneciphylline.2010, Eric David Morgan, Biosynthesis in Insects, page 320
    Synonyms:
    MCT

Synonyms of monocrotaline

Questions about monocrotaline

What does monocrotaline mean?
Monocrotaline means a pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in the rattlebox plants (of genus Crotalaria) that is poisonous to livestock and humans.
What part of speech is monocrotaline?
Monocrotaline is a noun.

Words near monocrotaline in the dictionary

  1. monocrepid
  2. monocrop
  3. monocropped
  4. monocropping
  5. monocrops
  6. monocrotaline
  7. monocrotic
  8. monocrotism
  9. monocrotophos
  10. monocrurate
  11. monocryptal

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