English

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Etymology

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hop +‎ -ene, as found in the hop plant.

Noun

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hopene (countable and uncountable, plural hopenes)

  1. (biochemistry) A pentacyclic triterpene hydrocarbon produced from squalene by a cyclase enzyme.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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hopene m

  1. definite plural of hop