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prephenate

prephenate noun: any salt or ester of prephenic acid.

Noun

prephenate (plural prephenates)

  1. Any salt or ester of prephenic acid.

Forms of prephenate

pluralprephenates

Origin of prephenate

From prephenic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Questions about prephenate

What does prephenate mean?
Prephenate means any salt or ester of prephenic acid.
What part of speech is prephenate?
Prephenate is a noun.
What is the plural of prephenate?
The plural of prephenate is prephenates.

Words near prephenate in the dictionary

  1. prepg.
  2. prepharmacy
  3. prepharyngeal
  4. prephase
  5. prephases
  6. prephenate
  7. prephenates
  8. prephenic acid
  9. prephilatelic
  10. prephilately
  11. prephilosophical

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