abiogenic

[ey-bahy-oh-jen-ik, ab-ee-oh-] / ˌeɪ baɪ oʊˈdʒɛn ɪk, ˌæb i oʊ- /

ADJECTIVE

inorganic

Synonyms

WEAK

dead extinct inanimate lifeless manmade mineral not living not natural

Antonyms

WEAK

organic

Example Sentences

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Corn cockle contains a highly poisonous sapotoxin which, on hydrolysis, yields four molecules of a sugar and one of sapogenin, C10H16O2.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred