Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raffinose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: raf-fi-nose
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A trisaccharide, composed of galactose, glucose and fructose, that is widely distributed in many plants.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From French raffinose, from raffiner (“to refine”) + -ose (“a saccharide”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: raffinose

Usage

Inflected Forms

raffinoses (plural)

Synonyms

gossypose melitose

Questions

What does raffinose mean?: A trisaccharide, composed of galactose, glucose and fructose, that is widely distributed in many plants.
Where does raffinose come from?: It is traced to French.

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