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pyroxanthin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
py-rox-an-thin
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A yellow, crystalline substance obtained from creosote etc; it seems to be a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- English xanth- English -in English pyroxanthin From pyro- + xanth- + -in.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pyroxanthins (plural)

Questions

What does pyroxanthin mean?
A yellow, crystalline substance obtained from creosote etc; it seems to be a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
Where does pyroxanthin come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- English xanth- English -in English pyroxanthin From pyro- + xanth- + -in.

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