1. a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon; [syn: heterocyclic ring, heterocycle]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
heterocyclic ring
n 1: a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of
carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not
carbon [syn: heterocyclic ring, heterocycle]