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tomatine

tomatine noun: a toxic glycoalkaloid with fungicidal properties, found in the stems and leaves of tomato plants.

tomatine: a toxic glycoalkaloid with fungicidal properties, found in the stems and leaves of tomato plants
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Noun

tomatine (countable and uncountable, plural tomatines)

  1. A toxic glycoalkaloid with fungicidal properties, found in the stems and leaves of tomato plants.
    • Some of these, such as α-chaconines and α-tomatines, are generally antiparasitic (general prohibitions; see also sections 3.231, 3.2333, 8.4213).1988, M. K. Dasgupta, chapter 0, in Principles of Plant Pathology, page 263
    • However, because of the marked antifungal activity of tomatine and other saponins, these preformed compounds are believed to be involved in host resistance towards saponin-sensitive fungi.2001, R. Barkai-Golan, Postharvest Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables: Development and Control, page 71

Forms of tomatine

pluraltomatines

Origin of tomatine

From tomato + -ine.

Words formed from tomatine

Questions about tomatine

What does tomatine mean?
Tomatine means a toxic glycoalkaloid with fungicidal properties, found in the stems and leaves of tomato plants.
What part of speech is tomatine?
Tomatine is a noun.
What is the plural of tomatine?
The plural of tomatine is tomatines.

Words near tomatine in the dictionary

  1. tomatilloes
  2. tomatillos
  3. Tomatin
  4. tomatinase
  5. tomatinases
  6. tomatine
  7. tomatines
  8. tomatini
  9. tomatinis
  10. Tomatis method
  11. tomato

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