Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hexahelicene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hex-a-he-licene
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The helicene having six benzene rings fused into a flat spiral

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- English helicene English hexahelicene From hexa- + helicene.

Inflected Forms

hexahelicenes (plural)

Questions

What does hexahelicene mean?: The helicene having six benzene rings fused into a flat spiral
Where does hexahelicene come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- English helicene English hexahelicene From hexa- + helicene.

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