hordatine
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of a class of benzofuran glucopyranosides found in ungerminated barley
Example Sentences
- "Bottom: Mass spectrum with indicated peaks of hydroxycinnamic acid amides as hordatine precursors (m/z 250–350) and of hordatine A, B, C, and D (D not detected, grey font), hydroxylated hordatines (-OH), and hexose-modified derivates (Hex / 2 Hex) at m/z 550–1000."
Etymology
From Latin hordeum (“barley”) + ?
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: hordeum