Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peperomia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: peper-o-mia
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant of the genus Peperomia, some of which are popular houseplants.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin peperomia, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”) + ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar, like”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

peperomias (plural)

Questions

What does peperomia mean?: Any plant of the genus Peperomia, some of which are popular houseplants.
Where does peperomia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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