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nigellone

nigellone noun: a polymer of thymoquinone that occurs in the oil of Nigella sativa.

Noun

nigellone (uncountable)

  1. A polymer of thymoquinone that occurs in the oil of Nigella sativa

Origin of nigellone

From translingual Nigella + -one.

Questions about nigellone

What does nigellone mean?
Nigellone means a polymer of thymoquinone that occurs in the oil of Nigella sativa.
What part of speech is nigellone?
Nigellone is a noun.

Words near nigellone in the dictionary

  1. Nigel no mates
  2. Nigel no-friends
  3. nigella
  4. nigellas
  5. nigelline
  6. nigellone
  7. Nigels
  8. niger
  9. Niger seed
  10. Niger seeds
  11. Niger-Congo

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