TRICHOTHECENE


Meaning of TRICHOTHECENE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌtri-kə-ˈthē-ˌsēn ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Trichothecium (from trich- + -thecium ) + English -ene

Date: 1971

: any of several mycotoxins that are produced by various fungi (as genera Fusarium and Trichothecium ) and that include some contaminants of livestock feed and some held to be found in yellow rain

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