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diadelphous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-adelp-hous
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a flower, or the plant bearing it: having the stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form two separate bundles, or a bundle and a lone separate stamen.

Etymology

From di- + Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphós) + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does diadelphous mean?
Of a flower, or the plant bearing it: having the stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form two separate bundles, or a bundle and a lone separate stamen.
Where does diadelphous come from?
From di- + Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphós) + -ous.

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