oleuropein

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noun

A complex glycoside, found in the leaves of olive and privet, that may have a beneficial effect on the immune system.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounoleuropein (countable and uncountable, plural oleuropeins)

plural oleuropeins

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA complex glycoside, found in the leaves of olive and privet, that may have a beneficial effect on the immune system.
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