Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lucigenin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lu-ci-genin
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aromatic compound, bis-N-methylacridinium nitrate, that exhibits a bluish-green fluorescence.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin lux (“light”) -gen + -in.

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What does lucigenin mean?
An aromatic compound, bis-N-methylacridinium nitrate, that exhibits a bluish-green fluorescence.
Where does lucigenin come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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