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rhamnose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
rham-nose
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A methyl-pentose, 6-deoxy-L-mannose, which occurs in the leaves and flowers of poison ivy and is a constituent of many plant glycosides.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῥᾰ́μνος (rhắmnos)der. Latin Rhamnusinflu. Late Latin rhamnusder. Translingual Rhamnus Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English rhamnose From translingual Rhamnus "genus of buckthorns" + -ose (“used to form names of sugars”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

rhamnoses (plural)

Derived Forms

rhamnoside rhamnosyl

Questions

What does rhamnose mean?
A methyl-pentose, 6-deoxy-L-mannose, which occurs in the leaves and flowers of poison ivy and is a constituent of many plant glycosides.
Where does rhamnose come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῥᾰ́μνος (rhắmnos)der. Latin Rhamnusinflu. Late Latin rhamnusder. Translingual Rhamnus Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English rhamnose From translingual Rhamnus "genus of buckthorns" + -ose (“used to form names of sugars”).

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