Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polycotyledon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-cotyle-don
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in the seed.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English cotyledon English polycotyledon From poly- + cotyledon.

Inflected Forms

polycotyledons (plural)

Rhymes With

sweden eden whedon breeden peden cotyledon boustrophedon acotyledon monocotyledon dicotyledon reeden tricotyledon

Questions

What does polycotyledon mean?: A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in the seed.
Where does polycotyledon come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English cotyledon English polycotyledon From poly- + cotyledon.

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