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phyllomania

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phyl-lo-ma-nia
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The over-production of leaves by a plant (usually a tree), at the expense of flowers, seeds, etc.

Uncountable

Etymology

From phyllo- + -mania.

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Rhymes With

pennsylvania romania tasmania lithuania mania albania transylvania lusitania pomerania megalomania spotsylvania rumania

Questions

What does phyllomania mean?
The over-production of leaves by a plant (usually a tree), at the expense of flowers, seeds, etc.
Where does phyllomania come from?
From phyllo- + -mania.

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