Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lapachone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: la-pa-chone
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a small group of quinones, isolated from the bark of the lapacho tree, that have chemopreventive properties

Etymology

From lapacho + -one.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lapacho

Inflected Forms

lapachones (plural)

Questions

What does lapachone mean?: Any of a small group of quinones, isolated from the bark of the lapacho tree, that have chemopreventive properties
Where does lapachone come from?: From lapacho + -one.

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