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(chemistry) Of an organic compound: having a closed ring of more than about twelve atoms..
Almost all the rusts occurring on the ferns are both heteroecious and macrocyclic; so also are most of those occurring on the conifers.
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Macrocyclic means (chemistry) Of an organic compound: having a closed ring of more than about twelve atoms..
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Almost all the rusts occurring on the ferns are both heteroecious and macrocyclic; so also are most of those occurring on the conifers.
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