Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

longifolene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: longi-fo-lene
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A naturally-occurring oily liquid hydrocarbon found primarily in the high-boiling fraction of certain pine resins.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Among sesquiterpenes, the most abundant compounds are longifolene and caryophyllene, and the sum of them reaches up to 82% of sesquiterpenes."

Etymology

From Latin longifolia + -ene, after the pine species Pinus longifolia (an obsolete name for Pinus roxburghii Sarg.).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: la:longifolia

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

isolongifolene

Questions

What does longifolene mean?: A naturally-occurring oily liquid hydrocarbon found primarily in the high-boiling fraction of certain pine resins.
Where does longifolene come from?: From Latin longifolia + -ene, after the pine species Pinus longifolia (an obsolete name for Pinus roxburghii Sarg.).

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