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calycin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ca-lycin
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organic compound found in some lichens, such as Chaenotheca chrysocephala (formerly Calicium chrysocephalum).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From calyc- + -in.

Usage

Inflected Forms

calycins (plural)

Questions

What does calycin mean?
An organic compound found in some lichens, such as Chaenotheca chrysocephala (formerly Calicium chrysocephalum).
Where does calycin come from?
From calyc- + -in.

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