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raphidiferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
raphid-if-er-ous
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Bearing raphides.

Etymology

From raphide + -i- + -ferous.

Inflected Forms

more raphidiferous (comparative) most raphidiferous (superlative)

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

What does raphidiferous mean?
Bearing raphides.
Where does raphidiferous come from?
From raphide + -i- + -ferous.

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