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GLYCYRRHIZIN

Definition: GLYCYRRHIZIN

GLYCYRRHIZIN

Noun

1. A glucoside found in licorice root (Glycyrrhiza), in monesia bark (Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as a yellow, amorphous powder, of a bittersweet taste.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Glycyrrhizin \Gly*cyr"rhi*zin\, noun. [Compare to the French expression glycyrrhizine. See Glycyrrhiza.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: Glycyrrhizin

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Glycyrrizin is the active principle of licorice root, a powerful sweetener about 50 times as potent as sucrose. Chemically speaking, glycyrrizin is a triterpene glycoside with the systematic name (3-beta,20-beta)-20-Carboxy-11-oxo-30-norolean-12-en-3-yl 2-O-beta-D-glucopyranuronosyl-alpha-D-glucopyranosiduronic acid.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Glycyrrhizin."

Crosswords: GLYCYRRHIZIN

English words defined with "GLYCYRRHIZIN": Glycyrrhizimic ♦ Licorice sugar. (references)

Frequency of Internet Expressions: GLYCYRRHIZIN

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
glycyrrhizin	40
glycyrrhizin sars	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings: GLYCYRRHIZIN

Misspellings
	"GLYCYRRHIZIN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Glycyrrhiza, glycyrrhizen, glycyrrhizine. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Rhyming with "GLYCYRRHIZIN"

Words rhyming with "GLYCYRRHIZIN" (pronounced 'Gly*cyr"rhi*zin'): hoatzin, muezzin, Phlorizin, Post-disseizin, Redisseizin, Seizin. (additional references)

Anagrams: GLYCYRRHIZIN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-g-h-i-i-l-n-r-r-y-y-z"
	-4 letters: chirring, cryingly.
	-5 letters: yirring.
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Alternative Orthography: GLYCYRRHIZIN

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 4C 59 43 59 52 52 48 49 5A 49 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01001100 01011001 01000011 01011001 01010010 01010010 01001000 01001001 01011010 01001001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

G L Y C Y R R H I Z I N

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 004C 0059 0043 0059 0052 0052 0048 0049 005A 0049 004E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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