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lignitiferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lig-ni-tif-er-ous
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Producing or containing lignite; lignitic

Etymology

From lignite + -i- + -ferous.

Inflected Forms

more lignitiferous (comparative) most lignitiferous (superlative)

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

What does lignitiferous mean?
Producing or containing lignite; lignitic
Where does lignitiferous come from?
From lignite + -i- + -ferous.

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