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violacein

violacein noun: a violet pigment produced by certain bacteria.

Noun

violacein (countable and uncountable, plural violaceins)

  1. A violet pigment produced by certain bacteria.

Forms of violacein

pluralviolaceins

Questions about violacein

What does violacein mean?
Violacein means a violet pigment produced by certain bacteria.
What part of speech is violacein?
Violacein is a noun.
What is the plural of violacein?
The plural of violacein is violaceins.

Words near violacein in the dictionary

  1. violability
  2. violable
  3. violableness
  4. violably
  5. violacean
  6. violacein
  7. violaceins
  8. violaceous
  9. violaceous euphonia
  10. violaceous euphonias
  11. violaceously

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