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gentianophilous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gen-tianophilous
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Readily staining with gentian violet.

Etymology

From gentian + -o- + -philous.

Inflected Forms

more gentianophilous (comparative) most gentianophilous (superlative)

Synonyms

gentianophilic gentianophil

Questions

What does gentianophilous mean?
Readily staining with gentian violet.
Where does gentianophilous come from?
From gentian + -o- + -philous.

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