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palmella

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
palmel-la
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A soaptree (Yucca elata), of the arid southwestern and south-central US and northern Mexico.

noun

A colony, or an individual cell within a colony, of immobile, asexually reproducing green algae, formed in response to adverse conditions such as desiccation.

Etymology

From resemblance to green algae of the genus Palmella.

Inflected Forms

palmellas (plural)

Derived Forms

palmellar palmellin palmelloid

Phrases

palmella stage palmella state

Synonyms

soaptree yucca soapweed soapweed yucca

Questions

What does palmella mean?
A soaptree (Yucca elata), of the arid southwestern and south-central US and northern Mexico.
Where does palmella come from?
From resemblance to green algae of the genus Palmella.

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