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sedoheptulose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
se-do-hep-tu-lose
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A heptose ketose widely distributed in plants of the family Crassulaceae especially in the leaves of the sedum; it plays a part in the fixation of carbon dioxide by photosynthesis

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From sed(um) + -o- + hept- + -ulose, from levulose.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sedoheptuloses (plural)

Questions

What does sedoheptulose mean?
A heptose ketose widely distributed in plants of the family Crassulaceae especially in the leaves of the sedum; it plays a part in the fixation of carbon dioxide by photosynthesis
Where does sedoheptulose come from?
From sed(um) + -o- + hept- + -ulose, from levulose.

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