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tomatines

tomatines is the plural of tomatine.

Meaning of tomatine

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

Questions about tomatines

What is tomatines the plural of?
Tomatines is the plural of tomatine.

Words near tomatines in the dictionary

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

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