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epiphytic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables
epi-phyt-ic
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to an epiphyte.

noun

Synonym of epiphyte.

noun

Misconstruction of epiphytotic (catachresis).

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English epiphyte Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English epiphytic From epiphyte + -ic.

Inflected Forms

epiphytics (plural)

Derived Forms

epiphytically hemiepiphytic holoepiphytic microepiphytic semiepiphytic

Frequently Paired Words

epiphytotic epiphytical semiepiphytic hemiepiphytic

Synonyms

epiphytal epiphytous holoepiphytic epiphyte

Questions

What does epiphytic mean?
Of or pertaining to an epiphyte.
Where does epiphytic come from?
Etymology tree English epiphyte Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English epiphytic From epiphyte + -ic.

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