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osteocolla

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
os-teo-col-la
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of glue obtained from bones.

noun

A cellular calc tufa, found as incrustations on plant stems, once believed to have the power to unite fractured bones.

Etymology

From osteo- + Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does osteocolla mean?
A kind of glue obtained from bones.
Where does osteocolla come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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