Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

norlignan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: norlig-nan
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of plant metabolites based on diphenylpentane

Etymology

From nor- + lignan.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: nor

Inflected Forms

norlignans (plural)

Derived Forms

bisnorlignan

Questions

What does norlignan mean?: Any of a group of plant metabolites based on diphenylpentane
Where does norlignan come from?: From nor- + lignan.

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