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phosphoglycolate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phos-pho-gly-co-late
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The anion PO₃-O-CH₂CO₂³⁻ that inhibits photosynthesis.

Etymology

From phospho- + glycolate.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

phosphoglycolates (plural)

Questions

What does phosphoglycolate mean?
The anion PO₃-O-CH₂CO₂³⁻ that inhibits photosynthesis.
Where does phosphoglycolate come from?
From phospho- + glycolate.

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