English Explanatory Dictionary

onocerin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from the root of the leguminous plant spiny restharrow (Ononis spinosa).

Word forms

onocerin onocerins

Etymology

Latin Ononis, the generic name of the plant + Latin cera (“wax”).

Related words

onocerane
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