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ulexine

ulexine noun: the alkaloid cytisine when extracted from gorse (of genus Ulex).

Noun

ulexine (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The alkaloid cytisine when extracted from gorse (of genus Ulex).

Origin of ulexine

Ulex + -ine

Questions about ulexine

What does ulexine mean?
Ulexine means the alkaloid cytisine when extracted from gorse (of genus Ulex).
What part of speech is ulexine?
Ulexine is a noun.

Words near ulexine in the dictionary

  1. Ulery
  2. Ulerys
  3. ulerythema
  4. uletic
  5. ULEV
  6. ulexine
  7. ulexite
  8. ulexites
  9. Uley
  10. ULEZ
  11. ULEZs

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