PUTRESCINE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless crystalline ptomaine with a foul odor that is produced in decaying animal matter

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Nouns denoting substances

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

ptomain; ptomaine (any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria)

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