Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elaterin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ela-terin
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An extract from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium elaterium (the squirting cucumber), used as a purgative.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From elaterium + -in.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: elaterium

Usage

Inflected Forms

elaterins (plural)

Synonyms

elaterium

Questions

What does elaterin mean?: An extract from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium elaterium (the squirting cucumber), used as a purgative.
Where does elaterin come from?: From elaterium + -in.

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