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lilioid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lil-ioid
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a grade of five monocot orders (Petrosaviales, Dioscoreales, Pandanales, Liliales and Asparagales) in which most species have flowers with relatively large, coloured tepals resembling those of a lily.

Etymology

From lily + -oid.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

lilioids (plural)

Questions

What does lilioid mean?
Any of a grade of five monocot orders (Petrosaviales, Dioscoreales, Pandanales, Liliales and Asparagales) in which most species have flowers with relatively large, coloured tepals resembling those of a lily.
Where does lilioid come from?
From lily + -oid.

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