purine 1
noundomain: substance
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
any of several bases that are derivatives of purine
Hypernym
base 10
noun
any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
EnglishHyponym
adenine 1
noun
(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
guanine 1
noun
a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine
hypoxanthine 1
noun
a naturally occurring purine derivative.
