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orcein

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
or-cein
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a dye, related to litmus, that is extracted from the lichen Rocella tinctoria; used as a microscopic stain and as a food colouring

Uncountable

Etymology

From French orcéine, modification of orcinol. See also orchil.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

orceins (plural)

Derived Forms

acetoorcein leucoorcein

Phrases

aceto-orcein

Synonyms

E121 orchil

Questions

What does orcein mean?
a dye, related to litmus, that is extracted from the lichen Rocella tinctoria; used as a microscopic stain and as a food colouring
Where does orcein come from?
It is traced to French.

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