English Explanatory Dictionary

sesterterpene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. any terpene formed from five isoprene units, and having twenty-five carbon atoms

Word forms

sesterterpene sesterterpenes

Etymology

From Latin sēstertius (“two and a half”) + terpene. By surface analysis, sester- + terpene.

Related words

sesterterpenoid terpene
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