Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penicillate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: peni-cil-late
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having tufts of fine hairs, or in the form of a tuft of fine hairs.

adj

Shaped like a pencil.

Inflected Forms

more penicillate (comparative) most penicillate (superlative)

Derived Forms

penicillately subpenicillate

Frequently Paired Words

penicillus

Synonyms

tufty

Questions

What does penicillate mean?: Having tufts of fine hairs, or in the form of a tuft of fine hairs.

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