Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oleraceous

/əʊləˈɹeɪʃəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ol-er-a-ceous
IPA: /əʊləˈɹeɪʃəs/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to potherbs.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"grow unto a ligneous substance, and from an herby and oleraceous vegetable, to become a kind of tree"

Etymology

From Latin oleraceus, from olus, oleris (“garden or pot herbs, vegetables”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: oleraceus

Usage

Archaic

Questions

How do you pronounce oleraceous?: The recorded pronunciation is /əʊləˈɹeɪʃəs/.
What does oleraceous mean?: Relating to potherbs.
Where does oleraceous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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