Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterofermentative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
het-ero-fer-men-ta-tive
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That undergoes fermentation to produce more than one product, e.g. both alcohol and lactic acid.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English fermentative English heterofermentative From hetero- + fermentative.

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What does heterofermentative mean?
That undergoes fermentation to produce more than one product, e.g. both alcohol and lactic acid.
Where does heterofermentative come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English fermentative English heterofermentative From hetero- + fermentative.

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