Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cardenolide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: car-de-no-lide
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of many steroid lactones present in plants as glycosides; they are all toxic, affecting the heart

Inflected Forms

cardenolides (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does cardenolide mean?: Any of many steroid lactones present in plants as glycosides; they are all toxic, affecting the heart

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