Cucurbitacin
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cucurbitacin is a noun meaning (biochemistry) Any of a class of bitter steroids, found in plants of the family Cucurbitaceae, that prevent them being eaten by herbivores.
Meaning
(biochemistry) Any of a class of bitter steroids, found in plants of the family Cucurbitaceae, that prevent them being eaten by herbivores.
Word Forms
- cucurbitacins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include curcubitacin, bicuculine, bicucullin, bicornutin, bicuculline, bicucculine.
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