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rhaponticine

rhaponticine noun: chrysophanic acid.

Noun

rhaponticine (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) chrysophanic acid

Origin of rhaponticine

From Latin rhaponticum (“rhubarb”). See rhubarb.

Questions about rhaponticine

What does rhaponticine mean?
Rhaponticine means chrysophanic acid.
What part of speech is rhaponticine?
Rhaponticine is a noun.

Words near rhaponticine in the dictionary

  1. rhaphis
  2. rhaphoneidacean
  3. rhaphoneidaceans
  4. rhapontic
  5. rhaponticin
  6. rhaponticine
  7. rhapontics
  8. rhapontigenin
  9. rhapontin
  10. rhapsode
  11. rhapsoder

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