concanavalin
con·ca·nav·a·lin
noun \ˌkän-kə-ˈna-və-lən\Definition of CONCANAVALIN
: a protein that occurs in the jack bean and is a mitogen and hemagglutinin
Origin of CONCANAVALIN
com- + canavalin, a noncrystalline globulin found in the jack bean, from New Latin Canavalia, genus name of the jack bean
First Known Use: 1917
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