Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subcoriaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-co-ri-a-ceous
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Slightly leathery

Example Sentences

"Leaf narrowly obovate-oblanceolate, 6–10 x 1.2–1.8 cm, minutely emarginate at apex, the mid-vein protruding abaxially into a small apicule, gradually tapering toward the base into a deeply conduplicate petiole with strongly ancipitous margins, subcoriaceous."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subcoriāceus. By surface analysis, sub- + coriaceous.

Questions

What does subcoriaceous mean?: Slightly leathery
Where does subcoriaceous come from?: Borrowed from Latin subcoriāceus. By surface analysis, sub- + coriaceous.

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