English Explanatory Dictionary

virginiamycin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An antibiotic, used in agriculture and in the fuel ethanol industry to prevent microbial contamination.

Word forms

virginiamycin

Etymology

From translingual virginiae + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

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