English noun: adenine | |||
1. | adenine (substance) (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA | ||
Synonyms | A | ||
Broader (hypernym) | purine | ||
Substance meronym | deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, ribonucleic acid, RNA | ||
Domain category | biochemistry | ||