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fructiferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fruc-tif-er-ous
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of fruit-bearing.

Etymology

From Latin frūctus + -i- + -ferous.

Inflected Forms

more fructiferous (comparative) most fructiferous (superlative)

Synonyms

fruit-bearing

Antonyms

infructiferous

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does fructiferous mean?
Synonym of fruit-bearing.
Where does fructiferous come from?
From Latin frūctus + -i- + -ferous.

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