Triterpene

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any terpene formed from six isoprene units, and having thirty carbon atoms; they are relatively rare.

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diterpenehemiterpenemonoterpenepolyterpenesesquiterpenesesterterpene

Etymology

From tri- + terpene.

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