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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taxaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tax-a-c-eous
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the yew trees of the Taxaceae family.

Etymology

Etymology tree Translingual Taxaceae Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English taxaceous From Translingual Taxaceae + English -ous. Morphologically translingual Taxus + -aceous.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does taxaceous mean?
Of or relating to the yew trees of the Taxaceae family.
Where does taxaceous come from?
Etymology tree Translingual Taxaceae Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English taxaceous From Translingual Taxaceae + English -ous. Morphologically translingual Taxus + -aceous.

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