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quassinoid

quassinoid noun: any of several triterpenoids related to quassin.

Noun

quassinoid (plural quassinoids)

  1. Any of several triterpenoids related to quassin
    • “Did you not read the file?” “Oh, I read the file. He's an expert on quassinoid extraction. He has three birds named after him in New Guinea. He won the Havlstrom Prize.” “Uh, correction -- He was runner up for the Havlstrom Prize.” “See? That's why we're partners. I knew he was runner up. I was...2025 February 2, Joe Bennett & Steve Hely, “Pilot” (18:51 from the start), in Common Side Effects, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Agent Copano (Joseph Lee Anderson)

Forms of quassinoid

pluralquassinoids

Origin of quassinoid

From quassin + -oid.

Questions about quassinoid

What does quassinoid mean?
Quassinoid means any of several triterpenoids related to quassin.
What part of speech is quassinoid?
Quassinoid is a noun.
What is the plural of quassinoid?
The plural of quassinoid is quassinoids.

Words near quassinoid in the dictionary

  1. quassias
  2. quassin
  3. quassine
  4. quassines
  5. quassing
  6. quassinoid
  7. quassinoids
  8. quassins
  9. quassite
  10. Quast
  11. Quasts

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