Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

daphnane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: daph-nane
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of diterpenes, isolated from Daphne genkwa, some of which induce apoptosis.

Etymology

Daphne + -ane

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ane

Inflected Forms

daphnanes (plural)

Questions

What does daphnane mean?: Any of a family of diterpenes, isolated from Daphne genkwa, some of which induce apoptosis.
Where does daphnane come from?: Daphne + -ane

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