Definition of betaine
English to English noun - a sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets
source: WordNet 3.0 - A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste.
source: Webster 1913
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