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afrormosia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
afror-mosia
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the African leguminous trees of the genus Pericopsis (formerly Afrormosia), especially Pericopsis elata

Countable

noun

Timber of these trees.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Afro- + taxonomic name Ormosia.

Usage

Inflected Forms

afrormosias (plural)

Synonyms

African teak

Questions

What does afrormosia mean?
Any of the African leguminous trees of the genus Pericopsis (formerly Afrormosia), especially Pericopsis elata
Where does afrormosia come from?
From Afro- + taxonomic name Ormosia.

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