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phylloid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phyl-loid
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a leaf.

noun

A leaf-like structure.

Etymology

From phyllo- + -oid.

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

more phylloid (comparative) most phylloid (superlative) phylloids (plural)

Synonyms

leaflike phylloidal phyllous

Questions

What does phylloid mean?
Resembling a leaf.
Where does phylloid come from?
From phyllo- + -oid.

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