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AGENE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Agene mean?
• AGENE (noun)
The noun AGENE has 1 sense:
1. a yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour
Familiarity information: AGENE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
Agene; nitrogen trichloride
Hypernyms ("Agene" is a kind of...):
trichloride (any compound containing three chlorine atoms in each molecule)
Derivation:
Agenise; Agenize (age or bleach flour with Agene (nitrogen trichloride))
Domain usage:
trade name (a name given to a product or service)
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