Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterochlamydeous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-e-rochlamy-deous
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a perianth in which the calyx and corolla are differentiated, usually by colour or texture.

Example Sentences

"Flowers single or in cymes, regular, usually unisexual, enclosed in a spathe, mostly with petals and sepals clearly differentiated (heterochlamydeous) […]"

Etymology

From hetero- + chlamydeous, from hetero- + Ancient Greek χλαμύς (khlamús, “mantle, cloak”) + -ous.

Inflected Forms

more heterochlamydeous (comparative) most heterochlamydeous (superlative)

Questions

What does heterochlamydeous mean?: Having a perianth in which the calyx and corolla are differentiated, usually by colour or texture.
Where does heterochlamydeous come from?: From hetero- + chlamydeous, from hetero- + Ancient Greek χλαμύς (khlamús, “mantle, cloak”) + -ous.

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