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foliicolous

/ˌfəʊliˈɪkələs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
foli-i-colous
IPA
/ˌfəʊliˈɪkələs/
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Growing or living on leaves.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin folium (“leaf”) + -colous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more foliicolous (comparative) most foliicolous (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce foliicolous?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfəʊliˈɪkələs/.
What does foliicolous mean?
Growing or living on leaves.
Where does foliicolous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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