trihydroxy

1. 1.

   containing three hydroxyl groups

Questions about trihydroxy

What does trihydroxy mean?

trihydroxy means "containing three hydroxyl groups".

How many syllables are in trihydroxy?

trihydroxy has 4 syllables: tri-hy-drox-y. The stress falls on "hy".

Is trihydroxy a common word?

trihydroxy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.