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hapaxanth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ha-pax-anth
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant of a kind that flowers only once in its lifetime and then dies.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅπαξ (hápax, “once”) + -anth (“flower”). The term was first used by Alexander Braun.

Inflected Forms

hapaxanths (plural)

Derived Forms

hapaxanthic hapaxanthous

Frequently Paired Words

monocarpic semelparous

Questions

What does hapaxanth mean?
A plant of a kind that flowers only once in its lifetime and then dies.
Where does hapaxanth come from?
From Ancient Greek ἅπαξ (hápax, “once”) + -anth (“flower”). The term was first used by Alexander Braun.

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