Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glomuliferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glo-mulif-er-ous
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having small clusters of minutely branched coral-like excrescences.

Example Sentences

"The bright green and glomuliferous parmelia , and the resupinate nephroma , will be found on the rocks and trees in the immediate neighbourhood"

Etymology

From Latin glomus (“a ball”) + -iferous.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: glomus

Questions

What does glomuliferous mean?: Having small clusters of minutely branched coral-like excrescences.
Where does glomuliferous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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