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pellitorine

pellitorine noun: an unsaturated secondary amide that occurs as a toxic alkaloid in the root of the pellitory.

Noun

pellitorine (uncountable)

  1. An unsaturated secondary amide that occurs as a toxic alkaloid in the root of the pellitory

Origin of pellitorine

From pellitory + -ine.

Questions about pellitorine

What does pellitorine mean?
Pellitorine means an unsaturated secondary amide that occurs as a toxic alkaloid in the root of the pellitory.
What part of speech is pellitorine?
Pellitorine is a noun.

Words near pellitorine in the dictionary

  1. Pellings
  2. Pellissier
  3. pellistor
  4. pellistors
  5. pellitories
  6. pellitorine
  7. pellitory
  8. pellitory of Spain
  9. pellitory of the wall
  10. pellitory-of-the-wall
  11. Pellman

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