Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geraniol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: geran-iol
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A monoterpenoid alcohol found in the essential oils of rose, palmarosa and citronella

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From geranium + -ol.

Usage

Inflected Forms

geraniols (plural)

Derived Forms

geranyl geranylgeraniol

Questions

What does geraniol mean?: A monoterpenoid alcohol found in the essential oils of rose, palmarosa and citronella
Where does geraniol come from?: From geranium + -ol.

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