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pentalongin

pentalongin noun: a pyranonaphthoquinone antibiotic isolated from the East African medicinal plant Pentas longiflora.

Noun

pentalongin (uncountable)

  1. A pyranonaphthoquinone antibiotic isolated from the East African medicinal plant Pentas longiflora

Origin of pentalongin

From Pentas longiflora + -in.

Questions about pentalongin

What does pentalongin mean?
Pentalongin means a pyranonaphthoquinone antibiotic isolated from the East African medicinal plant Pentas longiflora.
What part of speech is pentalongin?
Pentalongin is a noun.

Words near pentalongin in the dictionary

  1. pentalogue
  2. pentalogues
  3. pentalogy
  4. pentalogy of Cantrell
  5. pentalogy of Fallot
  6. pentalongin
  7. pentaloop
  8. pentaloops
  9. pentalophodont
  10. pentalophodonty
  11. pentalpha

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