Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polycotyledonary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-cotyle-donary
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English cotyledon Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English polycotyledonary From poly- + cotyledon + -ary.

Questions

What does polycotyledonary mean?: Having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons.
Where does polycotyledonary come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English cotyledon Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English polycotyledonary From poly- + cotyledon + -ary.

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