Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aerial root

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: aeri-al -root
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any adventitious root that grows from a plant stem above ground.

Example Sentences

"The most extraordinary trees of the forest are, however, a kind of fig, the aerial roots of which form a pyramid near a hundred feet high, terminating just where the tree branches out above, so that there is no real trunk."

Inflected Forms

aerial roots (plural)

Synonyms

air root

Questions

What does aerial root mean?: Any adventitious root that grows from a plant stem above ground.

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