| 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: 2525 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 185 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 |
| 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 |