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thalassiophyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tha-las-sio-phyte
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any plant belonging to one of the obsolete taxonomic groups known as Thalassiophyta, which were believed to comprise various parts of the marine algae or seaweeds, depending on the classification system.

Obsolete

Etymology

From translingual Thalassiophyta. Surface reading: thalasso- (“sea”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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What does thalassiophyte mean?
any plant belonging to one of the obsolete taxonomic groups known as Thalassiophyta, which were believed to comprise various parts of the marine algae or seaweeds, depending on the classification system.
Where does thalassiophyte come from?
From translingual Thalassiophyta. Surface reading: thalasso- (“sea”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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