dendrachate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An arborescent or dendritic agate.
Example Sentences
- "This is translucent white chalcedony, with dark moss-like markings produced by the infiltration of iron or manganese. It is identical with the dendrachates of Pliny; […]"
- "A dendrachate with two rows of red shrubs."
Etymology
From Latin dendrachates, from Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron, “tree”) + ἀχάτης (akhátēs, “agate”). By surface analysis, dendr- + achate.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: dendrachates, δένδρον