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Alkaloid Very Common

Alkaloid has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants

2

Any of many organic heterocyclic bases that occur in nature and often have medicinal properties.

Adjective
1

Relating to, resembling, or containing alkali.

Related Terms
alkaline epiaustraline eserine delphinine vinzolidine mateine hasubanonine nantenine cladoniamide batrachotoxin boschniakine seneciphylline berberastine triangularine lythranidine medicinal narcotoline furoquinoline isoquinoline germinitrine
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
organic compound
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
atropine hyoscyamine pilocarpine scopolamine physostigmine cinchonine ephedrine ergonovine ergotamine pseudoephedrine nicotine strychnine brucine betaine caffeine rauwolfia tubocurarine
Rhyming Words
oid boid ooid coid noid poid foid roid loid void doid zoid groid geoid booid avoid axoid aloid ploid pooid
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