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limonin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
limonin
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A limonoid found in orange and lemon seeds.

Uncountable

Etymology

From a putative combinative form of lemon + -in. (See also Old French lymon (“citrus”), Italian limone (“lemon”), both from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn).) Compare limonoid, limonene.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

limonins (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

limonene limonoid

Questions

What does limonin mean?
A limonoid found in orange and lemon seeds.
Where does limonin come from?
From a putative combinative form of lemon + -in. (See also Old French lymon (“citrus”), Italian limone (“lemon”), both from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn).) Compare limonoid, limonene.

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