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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

as•par•a•gine n.

Biochemistrya white, crystalline, amino acid, NH₂COCH₂CH(NH₂)COOH, soluble in water, obtained from certain plants, esp. legumes, and used chiefly as a nutrient in culture media for certain bacteria. Abbr.: Asn;
Symbol: N

French; see asparagus, -ine²
1805–15

'asparagine' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

ASN - N, n - asparaginase - asparaginic acid - aspartic acid

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