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sapotoxin

sapotoxin noun: a toxic saponin.

Noun

sapotoxin (plural sapotoxins)

  1. A toxic saponin.
    • “Many species of the genus contain a special class of compounds known as sapotoxins that are absorbed by the intestines.”1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 111

Forms of sapotoxin

pluralsapotoxins

Questions about sapotoxin

What does sapotoxin mean?
Sapotoxin means a toxic saponin.
What part of speech is sapotoxin?
Sapotoxin is a noun.
What is the plural of sapotoxin?
The plural of sapotoxin is sapotoxins.

Words near sapotoxin in the dictionary

  1. sapotes
  2. sapotilha
  3. sapotilhas
  4. sapotilla
  5. sapotillas
  6. sapotoxin
  7. sapotoxins
  8. sapour
  9. sapourous
  10. sapours
  11. sapovirus

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