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hopanoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hopanoid
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of pentacyclic compounds, somewhat similar to steroids, that have various functions in prokaryotes

Etymology

From Hopea (genus of plant from which the substance was originally derived), from J Hope (Scottish botanist).

Inflected Forms

hopanoids (plural)

Derived Forms

bacteriohopanoid

Questions

What does hopanoid mean?
Any of a class of pentacyclic compounds, somewhat similar to steroids, that have various functions in prokaryotes
Where does hopanoid come from?
From Hopea (genus of plant from which the substance was originally derived), from J Hope (Scottish botanist).

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