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ranunculin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ra-nun-culin
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unstable glucoside found in plants of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). On maceration, it is enzymatically broken down into glucose and the toxin protoanemonin.

Uncountable

Etymology

From the intermediary English ranunculus or directly from translingual Ranunculus, from Latin rānunculus (“small frog”) + -in (“chemical compound”).

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What does ranunculin mean?
An unstable glucoside found in plants of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). On maceration, it is enzymatically broken down into glucose and the toxin protoanemonin.
Where does ranunculin come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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