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

1 sense of canavanine

Sense 1
canavanine -- (an amino acid found in the jack bean)
       => 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")