polyene

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An organic compound containing several double bonds, especially one containing a sequence of many alternating single and double bonds

Similar words

monoene polyenone diene enyne polyenyl dialkene hexaene pentene oligoyne menthene

Often followed by

antibiotics chain antibiotic macrolide antifungal sequences macrolides chains and

Word family

polyenes polyenic