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CANAVANINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does canavanine mean?
• CANAVANINE (noun)
The noun CANAVANINE has 1 sense:
1. an amino acid found in the jack bean
Familiarity information: CANAVANINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An amino acid found in the jack bean
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("canavanine" is a kind of...):
amino acid; aminoalkanoic acid (organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group)
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