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pelletierine

pelletierine noun: an alkaloid obtained from pomegranate bark and used as a taenifuge.

Noun

pelletierine (uncountable)

  1. An alkaloid obtained from pomegranate bark and used as a taenifuge.

Synonyms of pelletierine

Origin of pelletierine

From French Pelletier + -ine, after Bertrand Pelletier, French chemist.

Words formed from pelletierine

Questions about pelletierine

What does pelletierine mean?
Pelletierine means an alkaloid obtained from pomegranate bark and used as a taenifuge.
What part of speech is pelletierine?
Pelletierine is a noun.

Words near pelletierine in the dictionary

  1. pelleted
  2. pelleter
  3. pelleters
  4. Pelletier-Leisti syndrome
  5. pelletierin
  6. pelletierine
  7. pelleting
  8. pelletisation
  9. pelletisations
  10. pelletise
  11. pelletised

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