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polygonaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
polyg-o-na-ceous
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a family of apetalous plants, Polygonaceae, of which the knotweeds of the genus Polygonum are the type, and which includes also the docks of the genus Rumex, the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape of the genus Coccoloba, and several other genera.

Etymology

Polygonaceae + -ous

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more polygonaceous (comparative) most polygonaceous (superlative)

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does polygonaceous mean?
Of or pertaining to a family of apetalous plants, Polygonaceae, of which the knotweeds of the genus Polygonum are the type, and which includes also the docks of the genus Rumex, the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape of the genus Coccoloba, and several other genera.
Where does polygonaceous come from?
Polygonaceae + -ous

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