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forskolin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables
forskolin
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A labdane diterpene produced by the plant Plectranthus barbatus or Coleus barbatus var. barbatus (syn. Coleus forskohlii), commonly used in the study and research of cell physiology.

Etymology

From an obsolete name, Plectranthus forskolaei, for the plant Coleus barbatus. That name is from the name of the Swedish explorer Peter Forsskål.

Inflected Forms

forskolins (plural)

Questions

What does forskolin mean?
A labdane diterpene produced by the plant Plectranthus barbatus or Coleus barbatus var. barbatus (syn. Coleus forskohlii), commonly used in the study and research of cell physiology.
Where does forskolin come from?
From an obsolete name, Plectranthus forskolaei, for the plant Coleus barbatus. That name is from the name of the Swedish explorer Peter Forsskål.

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