Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

octospermous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oc-tosper-mous
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ)bor. Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Italic *oktō Latin octōbor. English octo- English -spermous English octospermous From octo- + -spermous.

Questions

What does octospermous mean?
Having eight seeds.
Where does octospermous come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ)bor. Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Italic *oktō Latin octōbor. English octo- English -spermous English octospermous From octo- + -spermous.

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