asparagine
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French asparagine, from Latin asparagus + French -ine. By surface analysis, asparagus + -ine.[1]
Noun
[edit]asparagine (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 found in plants such as asparagus.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3
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References
[edit]French
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[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]asparagine f (plural asparagines)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: asparagine
Further reading
[edit]- “asparagine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]asparagine f
- plural of asparagina
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