Nitrogenous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    of, relating to, or containing nitrogen not-comparable

    "The percentage of nutritive elements contained in the parsnip is very small; so small, indeed, that one pound of parsnips affords hardly one fifth of an ounce of nitrogenous or muscle-forming material."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or containing nitrogen wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
nitrogen bearingnitrogen-bearingnitrogenicnitrogenic

Example

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"Amines are nitrogenous compounds."

Etymology

From nitrogen + -ous.

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