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dipterocarpaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dipte-ro-carpa-ceous
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the family Dipterocarpaceae.

Etymology

From Dipterocarpaceae + -ous, from Dipterocarpus (“two-winged fruit”), from di- (“two”) + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing, feather”) + Latinized form of Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit, grain, produce”). Morphologically translingual Dipterocarp(us) + -aceous.

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Questions

What does dipterocarpaceous mean?
Of or relating to the family Dipterocarpaceae.
Where does dipterocarpaceous come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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