Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

calliferous

/kəˈlɪfəɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cal-lif-er-ous
IPA: /kəˈlɪfəɹəs/

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Bearing or producing calluses.

Example Sentences

"Rumex (Lapathum) Daiwoo (Sieb.) Makino nom. nov. Inner perianth 3, erect-patent, longer than the outer ones, glabrous, herbaceous; lobes broadly oblong, obtuse, membranaceous and more or less minutely erose on the margin, with anastomosing veins, 2½-3 mm. long, after anthesis gradually enlarged and tinged with rose-colour, in fruit deltoid-ovate to ovate-reniform, minutely denticulate on the margin, obtuse, subcrispate, reticulated-veined, 4–8 mm. wide, the midrib narrowly prominent below but not calliferous, or sometimes hardly and minutely unicalliferous."

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin callifer, equivalent to callus + -i- + -ferous.

Word Breakdown

Root: callifer

Derived Forms

unicalliferous

Questions

How do you pronounce calliferous?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈlɪfəɹəs/.
What does calliferous mean?: Bearing or producing calluses.
Where does calliferous come from?: Borrowed from New Latin callifer, equivalent to callus + -i- + -ferous.

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