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tenagophyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tenago-phyte
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant which may or may not require being submerged in water, but which does not require an aerial phase for sexual reproduction; an amphibious plant (typically found in a wet or regularly flooded area).

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τέναγος (ténagos, “shallows”) + -phyte.

Inflected Forms

tenagophytes (plural)

Questions

What does tenagophyte mean?
A plant which may or may not require being submerged in water, but which does not require an aerial phase for sexual reproduction; an amphibious plant (typically found in a wet or regularly flooded area).
Where does tenagophyte come from?
From Ancient Greek τέναγος (ténagos, “shallows”) + -phyte.

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