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

1 sense of threonine

Sense 1
threonine -- (a colorless crystalline amino acid found in protein; occurs in the hydrolysates of certain proteins; an essential component of human nutrition)
       => essential amino acid -- (an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize; must be supplied in the diet)