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noun
A polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid, one of the vitamin B complex, essential for cell growth and reproduction
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: vitamin B9, vitamin Bc, vitamin M, pteroylglutamic acid
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vitamin Bc, vitamin M, folate, folacin, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: B-complex vitamin, B complex, vitamin B complex, vitamin B, B vitamin, B
History
From Latin folium (“leaf”), from its occurrence in leafy vegetables.
Across languages
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
