Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lignane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lig-nane
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hydrocarbon formed by joining two propylbenzene residues at the β-carbon atom of the propyl side chain; this structure is the basis of all lignans

Inflected Forms

lignanes (plural)

Derived Forms

azalignane cyclolignane epoxylignane homolignane neolignane norlignane

Questions

What does lignane mean?: The hydrocarbon formed by joining two propylbenzene residues at the β-carbon atom of the propyl side chain; this structure is the basis of all lignans

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