Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

manoxylic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: manoxylic
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Sparse, with much pith and cortex, and having wide parenchymatous rays.

Example Sentences

"The significance of pycnoxylic versus manoxylic organisation of wood is still not well understood. Pycnoxylic wood is a primitive feature of progymnosperms with regard to manoxylic wood with wide and high rays."
"Initially, the family included only one stem genus of Calamopitys but later as many as seven stem genera, namely, Calamopitys, Stenomyelon, Diichnia with manoxylic wood […]"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μανός (manós, “sparse”) + xylic, equivalent to mano- + xylic.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: μανός

Frequently Paired Words

pycnoxylic

Questions

What does manoxylic mean?: Sparse, with much pith and cortex, and having wide parenchymatous rays.
Where does manoxylic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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