Meanings
nounhopene (countable and uncountable, plural hopenes)
plural hopenes
- countableuncountablebiochemistryA pentacyclic triterpene hydrocarbon produced from squalene by a cyclase enzyme.
Origin
From hop + -ene, as found in the hop plant.
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hopene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hopene
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hopene,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hopene.
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