Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maloid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mal-oid
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species in the Maloideae subfamily, which includes apples and pears.

adj

Relating to the Maloideae subfamily.

Example Sentences

"Assessing the evolutionary impact of the versatile breeding behavior of maloids also requires not only more robust measures of its frequency in natural populations but also much further study of the cellular mechanisms of apomixis, and its association with polyploidy, self-compatibility, and hybridization."
"Other maloid genera with hard nutlets are Cotoneaster, Hesperomeles, Osteomeles, and Pyracantba, but each of these is quite different from Mespilus and Crataegus."

Inflected Forms

maloids (plural)

Questions

What does maloid mean?: A species in the Maloideae subfamily, which includes apples and pears.

How to pronounce maloid

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “maloid”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “maloid”.
Repeat and practice — Say “maloid” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.