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wrightine

wrightine noun: a rare alkaloid found in the bark of the coral swirl, an apocynaceous tree from Southeast Asia (Wrightia antidysenterica).

Noun

wrightine (uncountable)

  1. A rare alkaloid found in the bark of the coral swirl, an apocynaceous tree from Southeast Asia (Wrightia antidysenterica).
    Synonyms:
    conessine, neriine

Synonyms of wrightine

Origin of wrightine

From translingual Wrightia + -ine.

Questions about wrightine

What does wrightine mean?
Wrightine means a rare alkaloid found in the bark of the coral swirl, an apocynaceous tree from Southeast Asia (Wrightia antidysenterica).
What part of speech is wrightine?
Wrightine is a noun.

Words near wrightine in the dictionary

  1. Wright's stain
  2. Wright's stains
  3. Wright-Giemsa stain
  4. Wright-Giemsa stains
  5. Wrightian
  6. wrightine
  7. Wrightington
  8. Wrightman
  9. Wrighton
  10. Wrightons
  11. wrights

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