pyrimidine

English Thesaurus

1. a heterocyclic organic compound with a penetrating odor (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	organic compound,
definition	:	any compound of carbon and another element or a radical (noun.substance)

2. any of several basic compounds derived from pyrimidine (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	alkali, base,
definition	:	any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	c, cytosine,
definition	:	a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	t, thymine,
definition	:	a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine (noun.substance)