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peucedanin

peucedanin noun: a white crystalline substance extracted from the roots of the sulphurwort (Peucedanum), masterwort (Imperatoria), and related plants (tribe Selineae).

Noun

peucedanin (uncountable)

  1. A white crystalline substance extracted from the roots of the sulphurwort (Peucedanum), masterwort (Imperatoria), and related plants (tribe Selineae).

Origin of peucedanin

From Peucedanum + -in.

Words formed from peucedanin

Questions about peucedanin

What does peucedanin mean?
Peucedanin means a white crystalline substance extracted from the roots of the sulphurwort (Peucedanum), masterwort (Imperatoria), and related plants (tribe Selineae).
What part of speech is peucedanin?
Peucedanin is a noun.

Words near peucedanin in the dictionary

  1. Petzold
  2. Petzolds
  3. Petzval lens
  4. Petzval lenses
  5. peuce
  6. peucedanin
  7. peucedanoid
  8. peucedanum
  9. peuces
  10. Peucetian
  11. Peucetians

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