Glycine

See also: glycine

Translingual

Etymology

Coined by Carl Linnaeus as if Ancient Greek γλυκίνη (glukínē) after Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) because of one member of the genus having a sweet root.

In scientific Latin, the genius name is rendered as a feminine noun glycinē (as opposed to amino acid glycine which is rendered as a neuter noun glycinum). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “suffix? source?”)

Proper noun

Glycine f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – various beans, including the soybean.

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