Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kigelia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kigelia
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The African flowering plant Kigelia africana, sole species in its genus in the family Bignoniaceae.

Example Sentences

"They found these seeds and painted faces on them,” she says, picking up a long sausage-like fruit fallen from the kigelia trees."

Etymology

From the genus name.

Inflected Forms

kigelias (plural)

Synonyms

cucumber tree sausage tree

Questions

What does kigelia mean?: The African flowering plant Kigelia africana, sole species in its genus in the family Bignoniaceae.
Where does kigelia come from?: From the genus name.

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