diterpene
See also: diterpène
English
Etymology
di- + terpene
Noun
diterpene (plural diterpenes)
- (chemistry) any terpene formed from four isoprene units, and having twenty carbon atoms; includes vitamin A, the gibberellins, and various biologically active lactones such as quassin
Hypernyms
- terpene
- hydrocarbon
Hyponyms
- abietic acid
- agelasimine
- andrographolide
- aphidicolin
- cafestol
- ferruginol
- forskolin
- gibberellin
- kahweol
- labdane
- lagochiline
- phorbol
- quassin
- sclarene
- stemarene
- vitamin A
Coordinate terms
- hemiterpene
- monoterpene
- sesquiterpene
- sesterterpene
- triterpene
- tetraterpene
- polyterpene