amygdalin
A glycoside of benzaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide found in bitter almonds, and in the…A glycoside of benzaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide found in bitter almonds, and in the kernels of some other fruit.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A glycoside of benzaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide found in bitter almonds, and in the kernels of some other fruit.
More definitions
- a bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds
Translations
5 languagesOrigin
From amygdal- + -in.From amygdal- + -in.
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Word family
3 related wordsRelatedlaetrile
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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