FLAVIN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin

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Nouns denoting substances

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

ketone (any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals)

Holonyms ("flavin" is a substance of...):

hepatoflavin; lactoflavin; ovoflavin; riboflavin; vitamin B2; vitamin G (a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss)

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