Etymology

rhamnolipid

R1H4A1M3N1O1L1I1P3I1D2

Today it means: Any of a class of glycolipid surfactants, produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other species, that has one or more rhamnose groups Full definition →

translingual Rhamnus
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The story

  1. translingual · derived fromRhamnus“genus of buckthorn”
  2. English todayrhamnolipid

From translingual Rhamnus (“genus of buckthorn”) + lipid.

Words from the same roots

translingualRhamnus all →

rhamnaserhamninrhamnulose

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