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lichenin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lichenin
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A glucan found in some lichens.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English lichen Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English lichenin From lichen + -in.

Usage

Inflected Forms

lichenins (plural) lichenine (alternative, archaic)

Derived Forms

isolichenin

Questions

What does lichenin mean?
A glucan found in some lichens.
Where does lichenin come from?
Etymology tree English lichen Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English lichenin From lichen + -in.

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