Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gesneriad

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ges-ne-r-i-ad
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the family Gesneriaceae of tropical and subtropical flowering plants, valued as ornamentals.

Etymology

From translingual Gesneria + -ad.

Inflected Forms

gesneriads (plural)

Questions

What does gesneriad mean?: Any of the family Gesneriaceae of tropical and subtropical flowering plants, valued as ornamentals.
Where does gesneriad come from?: From translingual Gesneria + -ad.

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