Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lappaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lap-pa-ceous
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.

Etymology

From Latin lappaceus (“burlike”), from lappa (“a bur”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: lappaceus

Inflected Forms

more lappaceous (comparative) most lappaceous (superlative)

Questions

What does lappaceous mean?: Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.
Where does lappaceous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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