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olivary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables
oli-vary
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shaped like an olive

Etymology

From Latin olīvārius, from olīva (“olive”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more olivary (comparative) most olivary (superlative)

Derived Forms

interolivary paraolivary parolivary periolivary rubroolivary supraolivary

Phrases

olivary body olivary nucleus superior olivary complex

Questions

What does olivary mean?
Shaped like an olive
Where does olivary come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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