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juglone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables
ju-glone
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An allelopathic aromatic compound found in the leaves, roots, husks, and bark of plants in the Juglandaceae family, particularly the black walnut, used as a colouring agent.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Juglandaceae + -one

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

juglones (plural)

Derived Forms

hydroxyjuglone

Questions

What does juglone mean?
An allelopathic aromatic compound found in the leaves, roots, husks, and bark of plants in the Juglandaceae family, particularly the black walnut, used as a colouring agent.
Where does juglone come from?
Juglandaceae + -one

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