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emprosthodromous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
em-prostho-dro-mous
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a flower: such that the genetic spiral on its shortest way from the bract to the outermost perianth-segment passes outside the flower, farthest from the axis.

Etymology

From emprostho- + -dromous.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does emprosthodromous mean?
Of a flower: such that the genetic spiral on its shortest way from the bract to the outermost perianth-segment passes outside the flower, farthest from the axis.
Where does emprosthodromous come from?
From emprostho- + -dromous.

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