Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gnetal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gne-tal
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any species of the order Gnetales of relict gymnosperms.

adj

Of or pertaining to the species of the order Gnetales.

Example Sentences

"It^([the publicised book]) provides a complete coverage of the evolutionary approach to the major plant groups and discusses such special subjects as details on water ferns, gnetals, cyiads,^([sic]) the principal fungous groups, and slime molds."
"As we already have had occasion to remark for the gnetal and casuarinal alliances, a ½ floral symmetry is evidently an ancient one for that phylum."

Etymology

From translingual Gnetales.

Word Breakdown

Root: Gnetales

Inflected Forms

gnetals (plural) gnetale (alternative)

Synonyms

gnetophyte

Questions

What does gnetal mean?: Any species of the order Gnetales of relict gymnosperms.
Where does gnetal come from?: From translingual Gnetales.

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