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echinate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
echi-nate
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

prickly; bristly

noun

A bristly grain or pollen

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin echinātus.

Inflected Forms

more echinate (comparative) most echinate (superlative) echinates (plural)

Derived Forms

microechinate

Questions

What does echinate mean?
prickly; bristly
Where does echinate come from?
From Latin echinātus.

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