Meanings
- uncountablechemistryA xanthanolide found in Parthenice mollis.
Origin
- Latinmollis“soft, tender, flexible”
- Ancient Greekπαρθένος“maiden”
- Englishparthemollin
From Parthenice mollis + -in, from Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “maiden”) + -ική (-ikḗ) + Latin mollis (“soft, tender, flexible”).
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