Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun glycine

2 senses of glycine

Sense 1
glycine -- (the simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar cane)
       => amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid -- (organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids")

Sense 2
Glycine, genus Glycine -- (genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean)
       => rosid dicot genus -- (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)