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febrifugine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
febrifug-ine
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A quinazolinone alkaloid with antimalarial properties.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Dichroa febrifuga + -ine, after the plant where it was first isolated

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What does febrifugine mean?
A quinazolinone alkaloid with antimalarial properties.
Where does febrifugine come from?
From Dichroa febrifuga + -ine, after the plant where it was first isolated

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