Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cathine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cathine
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A psychoactive drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine classes which acts as a stimulant.

Uncountable

Etymology

Catha edulis (the khat plant, in which it is found naturally) + -ine.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ine

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

cathinone methcathinone

Questions

What does cathine mean?: A psychoactive drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine classes which acts as a stimulant.
Where does cathine come from?: Catha edulis (the khat plant, in which it is found naturally) + -ine.

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