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valerolactone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
valero-lac-tone
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The lactone of hydroxypentanoic acid

Uncountable

Etymology

From valer(ian) + -o- + lactone.

Usage

Derived Forms

polyvalerolactone

Questions

What does valerolactone mean?
The lactone of hydroxypentanoic acid
Where does valerolactone come from?
From valer(ian) + -o- + lactone.

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