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sceleratine

sceleratine noun: a pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in several plants and which is often toxic to livestock.

Noun

sceleratine (uncountable)

  1. A pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in several plants and which is often toxic to livestock.

Questions about sceleratine

What does sceleratine mean?
Sceleratine means a pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in several plants and which is often toxic to livestock.
What part of speech is sceleratine?
Sceleratine is a noun.

Words near sceleratine in the dictionary

  1. sceffoleoside
  2. sceince
  3. scelerat
  4. scelerate
  5. scelerates
  6. sceleratine
  7. scelerats
  8. scelerophobe
  9. scelerophobes
  10. scelerophobia
  11. scelerous

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