17 meaning in General Dictionary
denoting a quantity composed of an additional than sixteen and another significantly less than eighteen representing the quantity seventeen as Arabic numerals
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- being another than sixteen
- the cardinal quantity that's the amount of sixteen and one
Sentence Examples with the word 17
BERBERINE, C 20 H 17 N0 4, an alkaloid occurring together with the alkaloids oxyacanthine C18H19N03, berbamine C18H19N03, hydrastine C21H21N06, and canadine C 20 H 21 N0 4, in Berberis vulgaris; it also occurs in other plants, Berberis aristata, B.