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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
asparagine /əˈsparədʒiːn/

▶noun Biochemistry a hydrophilic amino acid which is a constituent of most proteins.

– origin C19: from asparagus (which contains it) + -ine4.

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