Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

godetia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gode-tia
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several flowering plants of the taxonomic section of Clarkia, Clarkia sect. Godetia.

Example Sentences

"This annual plant resembles the clarkia so strongly that all godetias are now classified as clarkias. But we will mention them individually here because most seed catalogues still do the same."

Etymology

From translingual Godetia, a former genus name and now a basionym, having been reused as a section name.

Word Breakdown

Root: Godetia

Inflected Forms

godetias (plural)

Questions

What does godetia mean?: Any of several flowering plants of the taxonomic section of Clarkia, Clarkia sect. Godetia.
Where does godetia come from?: From translingual Godetia, a former genus name and now a basionym, having been reused as a section name.

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