Vicine

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  • n. An alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa) as a white crystalline substance.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Near; neighboring; vicinal.
  • n. An alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa) as a white crystalline substance.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In phytogeography, naturalized from a neighboring formation: opposed to adventitious. See adventitious, 4.
  • n. A colorless compound, (C8H15O6N3)x, contained in the seeds of the, horse-bean, Vicia faba, V. faba minor, and in the sugar-beet root. It crystallizes in aggregates of needles.
  • Same as vicinal.
    • Word Usage
    "When they are exposed to two unusual amino-acid relatives vicine and convicine in the beans and in the flower pollen, their bodies metabolize these chemicals to forms that damage their red blood cells and cause serious, sometimes fatal anemia."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    near    neighboring    vicinal   
     
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