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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA [syn: adenine, A]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary; from its presence in glandular tissue Date: 1885 a purine base C₅H₅N₅ that codes hereditary information in the genetic code in DNA and RNA — compare cytosine, guanine, thymine, uracil

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a purine derivative found in all living tissue as a component base of DNA or RNA. Etymology: G Adenin formed as ADENOIDS: see -INE(4)