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ravenala

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rave-nala
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant of the genus Ravenala.

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Ravenala, from Malagasy ravinala, from ravina (“leaf”) + ala (“forest”).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ravenala, ravinala

Inflected Forms

ravenalas (plural)

Synonyms

traveller's tree traveller's palm traveler's tree ravenala madagascariensis

Questions

What does ravenala mean?
Any plant of the genus Ravenala.
Where does ravenala come from?
Borrowed from translingual Ravenala, from Malagasy ravinala, from ravina (“leaf”) + ala (“forest”).

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