GLYCINE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Glycine mean?
• GLYCINE (noun)
The noun GLYCINE has 2 senses:
1. the simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar cane
2. genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean
Familiarity information: GLYCINE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GLYCINE (noun)
Meaning:
The simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar cane
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("glycine" is a kind of...):
amino acid; aminoalkanoic acid (organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group)
Meaning:
Genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Glycine; Glycine
Hypernyms ("Glycine" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Glycine"):
Glycine max; soja; soja bean; soy; soya; soya bean; soybean; soybean plant (erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia)
Holonyms ("Glycine" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
