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delphinine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
del-phi-nine
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of toxic alkaloid found in some plants in the genera Delphinium and Clematis, which can also be used medicinally.

Uncountable

adj

Characteristic of dolphins

Etymology

From Delphinium + -ine.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more delphinine (comparative) most delphinine (superlative)

Synonyms

delphinia

Questions

What does delphinine mean?
A type of toxic alkaloid found in some plants in the genera Delphinium and Clematis, which can also be used medicinally.
Where does delphinine come from?
From Delphinium + -ine.

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