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esculin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
es-culin
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A coumarin glucoside which exists in horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), California buckeye (Aesculus californica), prickly box (Bursaria spinosa) and in daphnin (the dark green resin of Daphne mezereum).

Uncountable

Etymology

Related to Latin aesculus.

Usage

Inflected Forms

aesculin (alternative) æsculin (alternative)

Derived Forms

esculinase

Questions

What does esculin mean?
A coumarin glucoside which exists in horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), California buckeye (Aesculus californica), prickly box (Bursaria spinosa) and in daphnin (the dark green resin of Daphne mezereum).
Where does esculin come from?
Related to Latin aesculus.

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