Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pelorism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pelorism
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An abnormality in plants where the flower appears to revert to an earlier form.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In my last paper I dwelt chiefly on the remarkable phenomenon of pelorism and what can be learned from it as to the pace of organic change."
"The extent of pelorism can be environmentally influenced. Should we be awarding peloric orchids without evidence of reproducible flowering?"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέλωρ (pélōr, “monster”) + -ism.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: πέλωρ
Suffix: ism

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

peloric

Questions

What does pelorism mean?: An abnormality in plants where the flower appears to revert to an earlier form.
Where does pelorism come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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