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pyrrolizidine

UK/pɪɹəʊˈlɪzəˌdiːn/

pyrrolizidine noun: any of a class of alkaloids, found in many plants, that are hepatotoxic.

Noun

pyrrolizidine (plural pyrrolizidines)

  1. Any of a class of alkaloids, found in many plants, that are hepatotoxic.
    • Generally the pyrrolizidine alkaloids exist in plants as N-oxides, as shown for monocrotaline and seneciphylline.2010, Eric David Morgan, Biosynthesis in Insects, page 320

Forms of pyrrolizidine

pluralpyrrolizidines

Words formed from pyrrolizidine

Questions about pyrrolizidine

What does pyrrolizidine mean?
Pyrrolizidine means any of a class of alkaloids, found in many plants, that are hepatotoxic.
What part of speech is pyrrolizidine?
Pyrrolizidine is a noun.
How do you pronounce pyrrolizidine?
Pyrrolizidine is pronounced /pɪɹəʊˈlɪzəˌdiːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of pyrrolizidine?
The plural of pyrrolizidine is pyrrolizidines.

Words near pyrrolizidine in the dictionary

  1. pyrrolidonyl
  2. pyrroline
  3. pyrrolines
  4. pyrrolinone
  5. pyrrolinones
  6. pyrrolizidine
  7. pyrrolizidine alkaloidosis
  8. pyrrolizidines
  9. pyrrolizine
  10. pyrrolizines
  11. pyrrolnitrin

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