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

1 sense of putrescine

Sense 1
putrescine -- (a colorless crystalline ptomaine with a foul odor that is produced in decaying animal matter)
       => ptomaine, ptomain -- (any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria)