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rhizophorous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rhi-zophorous
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Bearing roots.

adj

Of or pertaining to genus Rhizophora of mangroves.

Etymology

From rhizo- + -phore + -ous.

Inflected Forms

more rhizophorous (comparative) most rhizophorous (superlative)

Questions

What does rhizophorous mean?
Bearing roots.
Where does rhizophorous come from?
From rhizo- + -phore + -ous.

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