Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pleochroic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pleochroic
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or having the property of pleochroism.

adj

Having various colours in the cell wall.

Example Sentences

"pleochroic mineral"
"pleochroic crystals"

Etymology

From pleo- (“more”) + -chroic (“color”).

Derived Forms

nonpleochroic

Phrases

pleochroic halo

Questions

What does pleochroic mean?: Of, pertaining to, or having the property of pleochroism.
Where does pleochroic come from?: From pleo- (“more”) + -chroic (“color”).

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