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foveolate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fove-o-late
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having small pits or depressions, like the receptacle in some composite flowers.

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin foveolātus (“pitted”), by surface analysis, foveola + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Inflected Forms

more foveolate (comparative) most foveolate (superlative)

Derived Forms

efoveolate foveolately

Questions

What does foveolate mean?
Having small pits or depressions, like the receptacle in some composite flowers.
Where does foveolate come from?
Borrowed from New Latin foveolātus (“pitted”), by surface analysis, foveola + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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