Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pachycaulous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pachy-caulous
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to a pachycaul; having a thick stem and few branches.

Example Sentences

"Some of the herbaceous forms relate, like the banana, directly to the pachycaulous, others to the leptocaulous."

Etymology

From pachycaul + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pachycaul

Antonyms

leptocaulous

Questions

What does pachycaulous mean?: Relating to a pachycaul; having a thick stem and few branches.
Where does pachycaulous come from?: From pachycaul + -ous.

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