onocerin

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noun

A white crystalline waxy triterpene extracted from the root of the leguminous plant spiny restharrow (Ononis spinosa).

OriginLatin Ononis →
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Meanings

nounonocerin (plural onocerins)

plural onocerins

  1. chemistryA white crystalline waxy triterpene extracted from the root of the leguminous plant spiny restharrow (Ononis spinosa).

Origin

  1. Latincera“wax”
  2. LatinOnonis
  3. Englishonocerin

Latin Ononis, the generic name of the plant + Latin cera (“wax”) + -in

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APA

onocerin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onocerin

MLA

“onocerin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onocerin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onocerin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onocerin.

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