Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thujone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: thu-jone
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two isomers of a bicyclic monoterpenoid ketone found in several aromatic plants.

Etymology

From the genus name translingual Thuja + -one.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: Thuja
Suffix: -one

Inflected Forms

thujones (plural)

Questions

What does thujone mean?: Either of two isomers of a bicyclic monoterpenoid ketone found in several aromatic plants.
Where does thujone come from?: From the genus name translingual Thuja + -one.

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