Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arillus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ar-il-lus
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aril.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin arillus. Doublet of aril, the adapted borrowing which has largely superseded it.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Botany.

Inflected Forms

arilli (plural)

Questions

What does arillus mean?: An aril.
Where does arillus come from?: Unadapted borrowing from New Latin arillus. Doublet of aril, the adapted borrowing which has largely superseded it.

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