English Explanatory Dictionary

gein

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Humic acid.

Word forms

gein

Etymology

Borrowed from German Geïn, coined by Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1832, from Ancient Greek γήινος (gḗinos, “of earth”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”).

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