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单词 alkaloid
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
al•ka•loid /ˈælkəˌlɔɪd/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]
  1. Biochemistrya bitter-tasting chemical compound common in plants, as caffeine, morphine, and nicotine.

adj. 
  1. Biochemistry, Chemistry, Drugsresembling an alkali;
    alkaline.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
al•ka•loid  (alkə loid′),USA pronunciation [Biochem., Chem.,]Pharm.
n. 
  1. Biochemistry, Chemistry, Drugsany of a large class of organic, nitrogen-containing ring compounds of vegetable origin and sometimes synthesized, some of which are liquid but most of which are solid, that have a bitter taste, that are usually water-insoluble and alcohol-soluble, that combine with acids without the loss of a water molecule to form water-soluble hydrochlorides, hydrobromides, or the like, and that usually exhibit pharmacological action, as nicotine, morphine, or quinine.

adj. 
  1. Biochemistry, Chemistry, Drugsresembling an alkali;
    alkaline.
  • alkal(i) + -oid 1825–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
alkaloid /ˈælkəˌlɔɪd/ n
  1. any of a group of nitrogenous basic compounds found in plants, typically insoluble in water and physiologically active. Common examples are morphine, strychnine, quinine, nicotine, and caffeine
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