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laccaic acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lac-caic acid
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of anthraquinone derivatives that are components of the red shellac obtained from the insect Kerria lacca, similar to carminic acid and kermesic acid.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

laccaic acids (plural) laccainic acid (alternative)

Questions

What does laccaic acid mean?
Any of a group of anthraquinone derivatives that are components of the red shellac obtained from the insect Kerria lacca, similar to carminic acid and kermesic acid.

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