Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gramine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gramine
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A naturally occurring indole alkaloid present in several plant species.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin grām(en) (“grass”) + -ine.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: grāmen
Suffix: -ine#Etymology_1

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does gramine mean?: A naturally occurring indole alkaloid present in several plant species.
Where does gramine come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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