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mycosporines

mycosporines is the plural of mycosporine.

Meaning of mycosporine

Noun

mycosporine (plural mycosporines)

  1. Any of many complex amino acids, having a central cyclohexene ring, that protect organisms from ultraviolet light

Questions about mycosporines

What is mycosporines the plural of?
Mycosporines is the plural of mycosporine.

Words near mycosporines in the dictionary

  1. mycosphaerellaceous
  2. mycosphere
  3. mycospheres
  4. mycospheric
  5. mycosporine
  6. mycosporines
  7. mycostatic
  8. mycostatin
  9. mycosterol
  10. mycosterols
  11. mycosubtilin

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