English Explanatory Dictionary

rhamnolipid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of glycolipid surfactants, produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other species, that has one or more rhamnose groups

Word forms

rhamnolipid rhamnolipids

Etymology

From translingual Rhamnus (“genus of buckthorn”) + lipid.

Derived words

dirhamnolipid monorhamnolipid
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