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protostele

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pro-to-stele
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of stele, in which the vascular tissue in the stem forms a solid core, with no central pith or leaf gaps.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English stele English protostele From proto- + stele.

Inflected Forms

protosteles (plural)

Derived Forms

protostelic

Antonyms

siphonostele

Questions

What does protostele mean?
A type of stele, in which the vascular tissue in the stem forms a solid core, with no central pith or leaf gaps.
Where does protostele come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English stele English protostele From proto- + stele.

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