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betaine
be·ta·ine [ btə n, btə in ]


noun 
Definition:
 
sweet compound from sugar beets: a sweet-tasting organic compound. Source: sugar beets. Use: treatment of muscular degeneration. C5H11NO2
[Mid-19th century. < Latin beta "beet"]
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