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liliaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lil-i-a-ceous
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

of the Liliaceae family, which contains the lily, and tulip, but which formerly contained a great number of plants now in other families.

Etymology

Liliaceae + -ous

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more liliaceous (comparative) most liliaceous (superlative)

Rhymes With

gracious spacious cretaceous tenacious audacious gaseous herbaceous voracious flirtatious vivacious ostentatious fallacious

Questions

What does liliaceous mean?
of the Liliaceae family, which contains the lily, and tulip, but which formerly contained a great number of plants now in other families.
Where does liliaceous come from?
Liliaceae + -ous

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