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corticate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cor-ti-cate
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

sheathed in bark or in a cortex

noun

Any of the common ancestors of Plantae and Chromista (or chromalveolates or other grouping of similar organisms).

Etymology

From Latin corticatus.

Inflected Forms

corticates (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

decorticate

Synonyms

bikont

Antonyms

ecorticate

Questions

What does corticate mean?
sheathed in bark or in a cortex
Where does corticate come from?
From Latin corticatus.

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