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theanine

theanine noun: amino acid commonly found in tea.

Noun

theanine (countable and uncountable, plural theanines)

  1. amino acid commonly found in tea

Forms of theanine

pluraltheanines

Origin of theanine

Thea (“genus of tea”) + -anine

Questions about theanine

What does theanine mean?
Theanine means amino acid commonly found in tea.
What part of speech is theanine?
Theanine is a noun.
What is the plural of theanine?
The plural of theanine is theanines.

Words near theanine in the dictionary

  1. theame
  2. theames
  3. Thean
  4. theandric
  5. theandry
  6. theanine
  7. theanines
  8. theanthropic
  9. theanthropical
  10. theanthropism
  11. theanthropist

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