Meanings
nounallicin (countable and uncountable, plural allicins)
plural allicins
- countableuncountablechemistryAn organic compound, diallyl thiosulfinate, obtained from garlic, with a variety of medicinal and antibacterial properties.
The "neck" is not soft and braidable, the cloves are big and fat, there's a round basal plate at the root, and the content of allicin (a healthful compound) is five times that of offshore garlic, Rowe boasts.
2009 August 26, Susan Sampson, “Touring Ontario's West Coast”, in Toronto Star
Origin
From Latin allium (“garlic”) + -cin (“produced by bacteria”, modeled after -mycin, -cin).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian алицин
- алицин (alicin)organic compound
Dutch allicine
- allicineorganic compound
Finnish allisiini
- allisiiniorganic compound
German Allicin
- Allicinorganic compound
Italian allicina
- allicinaorganic compound
Polish allicyna
- allicynaorganic compound
Portuguese alicina
- alicinaorganic compound
Spanish alicina
- alicinaorganic compound
Swedish allicin
- allicinorganic compound
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APA
allicin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allicin
MLA
“allicin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allicin. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “allicin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allicin.
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