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phlorizin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phlo-rizin
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A glucoside of phloretin, phloretin-2'-β-D-glucopyranoside, found in unripe apples.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “bark”) + ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”) + -in.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

phloridzin (alternative) phloridzine (alternative) phlorizine (alternative)

Derived Forms

phlorizinize

Phrases

-gliflozin

Synonyms

isosalipurposide

Questions

What does phlorizin mean?
A glucoside of phloretin, phloretin-2'-β-D-glucopyranoside, found in unripe apples.
Where does phlorizin come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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