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harringtonine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
har-ring-to-nine
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of alkaloids that inhibit protein synthesis, obtained from conifers of the genus Cephalotaxus.

Etymology

From Cephalotaxus harringtonia + -ine.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

harringtonines (plural)

Derived Forms

homoharringtonine neoharringtonine

Questions

What does harringtonine mean?
Any of a class of alkaloids that inhibit protein synthesis, obtained from conifers of the genus Cephalotaxus.
Where does harringtonine come from?
From Cephalotaxus harringtonia + -ine.

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