Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hordeaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hordea-ceous
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to barley.

Etymology

From Latin hordeum (“barley”) + -aceous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more hordeaceous (comparative) most hordeaceous (superlative)

Questions

What does hordeaceous mean?
Of or pertaining to barley.
Where does hordeaceous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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