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orelline

orelline noun: a yellow pigment derived from Bixa orellana with IUPAC name 3-hydroxy-2-(3-hydroxy-4-oxo-1H-pyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyridin-4-one.

Noun

orelline (uncountable)

  1. A yellow pigment derived from Bixa orellana with IUPAC name 3-hydroxy-2-(3-hydroxy-4-oxo-1H-pyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyridin-4-one.

Questions about orelline

What does orelline mean?
Orelline means a yellow pigment derived from Bixa orellana with IUPAC name 3-hydroxy-2-(3-hydroxy-4-oxo-1H-pyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyridin-4-one.
What part of speech is orelline?
Orelline is a noun.

Words near orelline in the dictionary

  1. Orellana
  2. orellanin
  3. orellanine
  4. Orellano
  5. Orellanos
  6. orelline
  7. Orem
  8. Oremite
  9. oremus
  10. oremuses
  11. Oren

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