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tomatine

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From tomato + -ine.

noun tomatines

  1. countable, uncountable A toxic glycoalkaloid with fungicidal properties, found in the stems and leaves of tomato plants. Some of these, such as α-chaconines and α-tomatines, are generally antiparasitic (general prohibitions; see also sections 3.231, 3.2333, 8.4213).

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noun toxic glycoalkaloid found in tomato plants

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@misc{tomatine_2026,
  title = {tomatine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tomatine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}