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ceratophyte

/ˈsɛɹətəʊfaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cer-ato-phyte
IPA
/ˈsɛɹətəʊfaɪt/
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a type of coral polyp, the internal axis of which has the appearance of wood or horn.

Etymology

From cerato- (“horn”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

ceratophytes (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce ceratophyte?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɛɹətəʊfaɪt/.
What does ceratophyte mean?
a type of coral polyp, the internal axis of which has the appearance of wood or horn.
Where does ceratophyte come from?
From cerato- (“horn”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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