Translingual

Proper noun

Glycine f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – various beans, including the soybean.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Faboideae - subfamily; Phaseoleae - tribe; Glycininae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Glycine subg. Glycine, Glycine subg. Soya - subgenera; Glycine clandestina - type species; Glycine soja (ancestral wild soybean), Glycine max (cultivated soybean) - selected species; See Glycine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia or Glycine on Wikispecies.Wikispecies for more species and subspecies.

English

Noun

glycine ‎(plural glycines)

1. (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid, amino-acetic acid, C₂H₅NO₂ found in most proteins but especially in sugar cane; the simplest amino acid.

Synonyms

• E640 when used as a flavour enhancer
• Gly as a monomer in proteins

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡli.sin/

Etymology 1

Noun

glycine f ‎(plural glycines)

1. (botany, usually uncountable) wisteria

Etymology 2

Noun

glycine f ‎(plural glycines)

1. glycine