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glycosine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gly-co-sine
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organic base, C₆H₆N₄, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal.

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

The organic compound 1-methyl-2-(phenylmethyl)-4(1H)-quinazolinone (a fused derivative of pyrimidine) found in the toothbrush plant, Glycosmis pentaphylla, sometimes used to ease the pain of arthritis

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

glycosines (plural)

Questions

What does glycosine mean?
An organic base, C₆H₆N₄, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal.

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