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corallite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
coral-lite
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hard outer cup of a coral polyp

Etymology

Etymology tree English coral Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English corallite From coral + -ite.

Inflected Forms

corallites (plural)

Phrases

corallitic marble

Frequently Paired Words

coralloid coralline corallitic marble

Questions

What does corallite mean?
The hard outer cup of a coral polyp
Where does corallite come from?
Etymology tree English coral Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English corallite From coral + -ite.

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