Back in the 1980s, scientists developed a glowing plant, but it required the injection of luciferin, a compound found in many bioluminescent organisms.
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Luciferin
Synonyms for "luciferin" (10 found)
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Related words (5)
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2 translations across 2 languages.
Esperanto
1 entries- luciferino noun (biochemistry: any of a class of polycyclic heterocycles)
Finnish
1 entries- lusiferiini noun (biochemistry: any of a class of polycyclic heterocycles)
Sample sentences
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Aptly enough, glowworms light up their underworld with a pair of chemicals that have a satanic etymology—luciferins and luciferases, after the Latin for “light bringer.”
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