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parthenin

parthenin noun: a toxic substance in the flowering plant Parthenium hysterophorus, causing dermatitis and respiratory malfunction in humans, and is toxic to other plants.

Noun

parthenin (uncountable)

  1. A toxic substance in the flowering plant Parthenium hysterophorus, causing dermatitis and respiratory malfunction in humans, and is toxic to other plants.

Origin of parthenin

From Parthenium + -in.

Questions about parthenin

What does parthenin mean?
Parthenin means a toxic substance in the flowering plant Parthenium hysterophorus, causing dermatitis and respiratory malfunction in humans, and is toxic to other plants.
What part of speech is parthenin?
Parthenin is a noun.

Words near parthenin in the dictionary

  1. partheniads
  2. Partheniae
  3. Parthenian
  4. Parthenians
  5. Parthenic
  6. parthenin
  7. parthenium
  8. partheniums
  9. Parthenius
  10. partheno-
  11. parthenocarpic

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