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salicaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sal-i-ca-ceous
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Belonging or relating to the species in family Salicaceae of willows.

Etymology

From Latin salix, salicis (“willow”) + -aceous

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does salicaceous mean?
Belonging or relating to the species in family Salicaceae of willows.
Where does salicaceous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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