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heptacosadiene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hep-ta-cosa-di-ene
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of very many isomeric dialkenes having twenty-seven carbon atoms and two double bonds, but especially (Z,Z) 7,11-heptacosadiene which is a courtship pheromone in fruit flies

Etymology

From hepta- + -cosa- + di- + -ene.

Inflected Forms

heptacosadienes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

heptacosane

Questions

What does heptacosadiene mean?
Any of very many isomeric dialkenes having twenty-seven carbon atoms and two double bonds, but especially (Z,Z) 7,11-heptacosadiene which is a courtship pheromone in fruit flies
Where does heptacosadiene come from?
From hepta- + -cosa- + di- + -ene.

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