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- noun organic chemistry A
defensive alkaloid , (5Z)-11-propyl-12-azacyclotetradec-5-en-14-olide, the principal component of the secretion of the pupal defensive hairs of the Mexican bean beetle (Epilachna varivestis), that hasantiinsectan activity
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