FLAVIN
Dictionary entry overview: What does flavin mean? • FLAVIN (noun)
The noun FLAVIN has 1 sense:
1. a ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin
Familiarity information: FLAVIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FLAVIN (noun)
Meaning:
A ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("flavin" is a kind of...):
ketone (any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals)
Holonyms ("flavin" is a substance of...):
hepatoflavin; lactoflavin; ovoflavin; riboflavin; vitamin B2; vitamin G (a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss)
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