plastoquinone
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
a quinone, related to the carotenoids, involved in the electron transport process of photosynthesis
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
Etymology tree English plasto- English quinine Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English quinic German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English quinone English plastoquinone From plasto- + quinone.