t 1 h 4 e 1 o 1 p 3 h 4 y 4 l 1 l 1 i 1 n 1 e 1
12 letters · 23 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator
originEtymology tree Translingual Thea Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English theophylline From Translingual Thea (“former genus name for the tea plant”) + Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) + English -ine.
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