NOUN | substance | glycine | the simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar ... / sugar cane |
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plant | Glycine, genus Glycine | genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs |
Sounds | glay'sahn; glay'siy.n | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn... |
Meaning | The simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar ... / sugar cane. | |
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Broader | amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid | organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group |
Spanish | glicina | |
Catalan | glicina |
Meaning | genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean. | |
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Synonym | genus Glycine | |
Member of | Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae |
Members | soy, soya, soybean, soya bean, soybean plant, soja, soja bean, Glycine max | Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers |
Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
Spanish | genus glycine, glycine | |
Catalan | genus glycine, glycine |
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