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silaffin

silaffin noun: a protein that acts as a matrix for the precipitation of silica in the cell walls of diatoms.

Noun

silaffin (plural silaffins)

  1. A protein that acts as a matrix for the precipitation of silica in the cell walls of diatoms.

Forms of silaffin

pluralsilaffins

Origin of silaffin

a compound of the words silica and affiliation

Questions about silaffin

What does silaffin mean?
Silaffin means a protein that acts as a matrix for the precipitation of silica in the cell walls of diatoms.
What part of speech is silaffin?
Silaffin is a noun.
What is the plural of silaffin?
The plural of silaffin is silaffins.

Words near silaffin in the dictionary

  1. silacycles
  2. silacyclobutane
  3. silacyclobutanes
  4. silacyclopentane
  5. silacyclopentanes
  6. silaffin
  7. silaffins
  8. silafluofen
  9. silage
  10. silaged
  11. silageing

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