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alliin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
al-li-in
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sulfoxide derived from cysteine, primarily responsible for the aroma of freshly chopped garlic.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin allium (“garlic”) + -in.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

alliins (plural)

Derived Forms

alliinase

Questions

What does alliin mean?
A sulfoxide derived from cysteine, primarily responsible for the aroma of freshly chopped garlic.
Where does alliin come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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