Term: glutamic acid: an amino acid occurring in proteins; important in the nitrogen metabolism of plants; used in monosodium glutamate to enhance the flavor of meats
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: pigweed: leaves sometimes used as potherbs; seeds used as cereal; southern United States to Central America; India and China
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: strawberry tomato: stout hairy annual of eastern North America with sweet yellow fruits
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: destiny: the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: acidophil: an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: moderate gale: wind moving 32-38 knots; 7 on the Beaufort scale
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: base pair: one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands; the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: gasoline tax: a tax on every gallon of gasoline sold
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: cranberry juice: the juice of cranberries (always diluted and sweetened)
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: racing start: the start of a race
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: hyssopus: Eurasian genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs