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volemitol

volemitol noun: a seven-carbon sugar alcohol, widely distributed in plants, red algae, fungi, mosses, and lichens.

Noun

volemitol (uncountable)

  1. A seven-carbon sugar alcohol, widely distributed in plants, red algae, fungi, mosses, and lichens.

Origin of volemitol

From Lactarius volemus (the mushroom from which it was first isolated) + -ol.

Questions about volemitol

What does volemitol mean?
Volemitol means a seven-carbon sugar alcohol, widely distributed in plants, red algae, fungi, mosses, and lichens.
What part of speech is volemitol?
Volemitol is a noun.

Words near volemitol in the dictionary

  1. vole
  2. voled
  3. volelike
  4. volemia
  5. volemic
  6. volemitol
  7. volency
  8. Volendam
  9. volens
  10. volent
  11. volentary

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