Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patulin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pat-ulin
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mycotoxin, 2-hydroxy-3,7-dioxabicyclo[4.3.0]nona-5,9-dien-8-one, produced by fungi associated with rotting fruit.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Translingual patulum + English -in.

Usage

Inflected Forms

patulins (plural)

Questions

What does patulin mean?: A mycotoxin, 2-hydroxy-3,7-dioxabicyclo[4.3.0]nona-5,9-dien-8-one, produced by fungi associated with rotting fruit.
Where does patulin come from?: From Translingual patulum + English -in.

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