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pistilliferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pis-til-lif-er-ous
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having pistils; pistillate.

Etymology

From pistil + -i- + -ferous; compare French pistillifère.

Inflected Forms

more pistilliferous (comparative) most pistilliferous (superlative)

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

What does pistilliferous mean?
Having pistils; pistillate.
Where does pistilliferous come from?
From pistil + -i- + -ferous; compare French pistillifère.

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