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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an essential amino acid found in proteins and needed for growth of children and for protein metabolism in children and adults; abundant in milk and eggs; it is normally converted to tyrosine in the human body; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

phenylalanine
    n 1: an essential amino acid found in proteins and needed for
         growth of children and for protein metabolism in children
         and adults; abundant in milk and eggs; it is normally
         converted to tyrosine in the human body