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floriferous

/fləˈɹɪ.fə.ɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables
florif-er-ous
IPA
/fləˈɹɪ.fə.ɹəs/
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That bears flowers (especially lots of flowers).

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin flos, floris + -i- + -ferous.

Inflected Forms

more floriferous (comparative) most floriferous (superlative)

Derived Forms

floriferously floriferousness nonfloriferous

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce floriferous?
The recorded pronunciation is /fləˈɹɪ.fə.ɹəs/.
What does floriferous mean?
That bears flowers (especially lots of flowers).
Where does floriferous come from?
From Latin flos, floris + -i- + -ferous.

How to pronounce floriferous

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