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nitidine

nitidine noun: a type of benzophenanthridine alkaloid that derives from various species of Zanthoxylum, but most notably Zanthoxylum nitidum.

Noun

nitidine (plural nitidines)

  1. A type of benzophenanthridine alkaloid that derives from various species of Zanthoxylum, but most notably Zanthoxylum nitidum.

Forms of nitidine

pluralnitidines

Origin of nitidine

From translingual Zanthoxylum nitidum + -ine.

Questions about nitidine

What does nitidine mean?
Nitidine means a type of benzophenanthridine alkaloid that derives from various species of Zanthoxylum, but most notably Zanthoxylum nitidum.
What part of speech is nitidine?
Nitidine is a noun.
What is the plural of nitidine?
The plural of nitidine is nitidines.

Words near nitidine in the dictionary

  1. Nithsdales
  2. NITian
  3. NITians
  4. nitic
  5. nitid
  6. nitidine
  7. nitidines
  8. nitidity
  9. nitidous
  10. nitidulid
  11. nitidulids

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