English Explanatory Dictionary

mycosporine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of many complex amino acids, having a central cyclohexene ring, that protect organisms from ultraviolet light

Word forms

mycosporine mycosporines

Etymology

From myco- + spore + -ine.

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