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AMYGDALIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("amygdalin" is a kind of...):

glucoside (a glycoside derived from glucose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amygdalin"):

laetrile (a substance derived from amygdalin; publicized as an antineoplastic drug although there is no supporting evidence)

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 Context examples: 

Cyanide and benzaldehyde are metabolites of both laetrile and amygdalin.

(Laetrile, NCI Thesaurus)