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proteaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pro-tea-ceous
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the large and varied family Proteaceae of plants, mostly found in South Africa or Australia.

Etymology

From translingual Proteaceae + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more proteaceous (comparative) most proteaceous (superlative)

Questions

What does proteaceous mean?
Of or relating to the large and varied family Proteaceae of plants, mostly found in South Africa or Australia.
Where does proteaceous come from?
From translingual Proteaceae + -ous.

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