zeamatin

Z10E1A1M3A1T1I1N1

noun

An antifungal protein found in Zea mays.

Scrabble 19
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounzeamatin (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiochemistryAn antifungal protein found in Zea mays.

    Unlike other pathogenesis-related group 5 proteins, zeamatin inhibits insect α-amylase and mammalian trypsin activities [75 ].

    2015 July 15, “Proteome Analysis of Poplar Seed Vigor”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From Zea mays and -in.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

nizamate
Cite this entry
APA

zeamatin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zeamatin

MLA

“zeamatin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zeamatin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zeamatin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zeamatin.

Source: zeamatin on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.