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filiferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fil-if-er-ous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Producing or constituting threads.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin filum (“a thread”) + -ferous.

Word Breakdown

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

What does filiferous mean?
Producing or constituting threads.
Where does filiferous come from?
From Latin filum (“a thread”) + -ferous.

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