Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

floricide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flo-ri-cide
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The killing of a flower.

Example Sentences

"However, as I have said, through innumerable failures and guilty of a thousand floricides, I came to learn that a flower bed must be prepared, that seedlings must be protected from frost, sun and drought and too much water[…]"

Etymology

From Latin flōs + -icide.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: flōs

Inflected Forms

floricides (plural)

Questions

What does floricide mean?: The killing of a flower.
Where does floricide come from?: From Latin flōs + -icide.

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