Etymology

aaptoline

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Today it means: Any of a class of quinoline and pyrroloquinoline alkaloids which are secondary metabolites isolated from the sponge Aaptos. Full definition →

English alcohol ← taxonomic name Aaptos
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  1. taxonomic nameAaptos
  2. Englishalcohol
  3. English todayaaptoline

From taxonomic name Aaptos + English -ol + -ine.

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