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phycobilisome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phy-co-bil-i-some
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A light-harvesting antenna in cyanobacteria, red algae and glaucophytes.

Inflected Forms

phycobilisomes (plural)

Questions

What does phycobilisome mean?
A light-harvesting antenna in cyanobacteria, red algae and glaucophytes.

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