malabaricane
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English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “-ane suffix?”) Isolated from the tree Ailanthus malabarica, now known as Ailanthus triphysa.
Noun
malabaricane (countable and uncountable, plural malabaricanes)
- (organic chemistry) A particular triterpene that is the basis of many natural products