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tanikolide

tanikolide noun: a toxic, antifungal lactone (6R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)-6-undecyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-one present in cyanobacteria of the genus Lyngbyamajuscula.

Noun

tanikolide (countable and uncountable, plural tanikolides)

  1. A toxic, antifungal lactone (6R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)-6-undecyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-one present in cyanobacteria of the genus Lyngbyamajuscula

Forms of tanikolide

pluraltanikolides

Origin of tanikolide

From [Term?] + -ol + -ide.

Questions about tanikolide

What does tanikolide mean?
Tanikolide means a toxic, antifungal lactone (6R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)-6-undecyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-one present in cyanobacteria of the genus Lyngbyamajuscula.
What part of speech is tanikolide?
Tanikolide is a noun.
What is the plural of tanikolide?
The plural of tanikolide is tanikolides.

Words near tanikolide in the dictionary

  1. tanier
  2. Taniguchi
  3. Taniguchis
  4. Tanika
  5. taniko
  6. tanikolide
  7. Tanilba Bay
  8. Tanimbar
  9. Tanimbar boobook
  10. Tanimbar boobooks
  11. Tanimbar corella

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