triterpene

See also: triterpène

English

Etymology

From tri- +‎ terpene.

Noun

triterpene (plural triterpenes)

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

Hypernyms

• terpene
• hydrocarbon

Hyponyms

• betulin
• ganoderic acid
• hopene
• quassin
• squalene
• ursolic acid
• ziziphin

Coordinate terms

• hemiterpene
• monoterpene
• sesquiterpene
• diterpene
• sesterterpene
• tetraterpene
• polyterpene

Related terms

• nortriterpene
• triterpenoid
• terpene

Anagrams

• preterient