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sphagnorubins

sphagnorubins is the plural of sphagnorubin.

Meaning of sphagnorubin

Noun

sphagnorubin (countable and uncountable, plural sphagnorubins)

  1. A reddish-violet pigment found in the cell walls of several mosses of the genus Sphagnum.
    • Shikimic acid is a precursor of sphagnorubin, a reddish-violet pigment extractable from the cell wall of several Sphagnum species (RUDOLPH et al. 1981).1984, Manfred Kluge, “IV. Metabolism of Organic Acids”, in Karl Esser, Klaus Kubitzki, Michael Runge, Eberhard Schnepf, Hubert Ziegler, editors, Progress in Botany, volume 46, Berlin...

Questions about sphagnorubins

What is sphagnorubins the plural of?
Sphagnorubins is the plural of sphagnorubin.

Words near sphagnorubins in the dictionary

  1. sphagnologists
  2. sphagnology
  3. sphagnophilic
  4. sphagnophilous
  5. sphagnorubin
  6. sphagnorubins
  7. sphagnous
  8. sphagnum
  9. sphagnums
  10. sphairistic
  11. sphairistike

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