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ptaquiloside

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From the species name Pteridium aquilinum.

Noun

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ptaquiloside (countable and uncountable, plural ptaquilosides)

  1. (organic chemistry) A carcinogenic terpenoid glycoside, found in bracken, that is poisonous to cattle.