Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterophylline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
het-ero-phylline
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in Parsonsia heterophylla.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin heterophylla + -ine.

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Questions

What does heterophylline mean?
A pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in Parsonsia heterophylla.
Where does heterophylline come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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