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balsamiferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bal-sam-if-er-ous
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That yields balsam

Etymology

From balsam + -ferous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more balsamiferous (comparative) most balsamiferous (superlative)

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

What does balsamiferous mean?
That yields balsam
Where does balsamiferous come from?
From balsam + -ferous.

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