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tephrosin

tephrosin noun: a natural piscicide found in the leaves and seeds of Tephrosia purpurea.

Noun

tephrosin (uncountable)

  1. A natural piscicide found in the leaves and seeds of Tephrosia purpurea.

Origin of tephrosin

From Tephrosia + -in.

Questions about tephrosin

What does tephrosin mean?
Tephrosin means a natural piscicide found in the leaves and seeds of Tephrosia purpurea.
What part of speech is tephrosin?
Tephrosin is a noun.

Words near tephrosin in the dictionary

  1. tephrology
  2. tephromancy
  3. tephromyelitis
  4. tephrosia
  5. tephrosias
  6. tephrosin
  7. tephrostratigraphic
  8. tephrostratigraphies
  9. tephrostratigraphy
  10. Tepic
  11. tepid

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