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plumbagineous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
plumbagi-neous
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to the family (Plumbaginaceae) of gamopetalous herbs, of which plumbago is the type. The family includes also statice, the thrift, and a few other genera.

Etymology

Plumbaginaceae + -ous

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more plumbagineous (comparative) most plumbagineous (superlative)

Questions

What does plumbagineous mean?
Pertaining to the family (Plumbaginaceae) of gamopetalous herbs, of which plumbago is the type. The family includes also statice, the thrift, and a few other genera.
Where does plumbagineous come from?
Plumbaginaceae + -ous

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