Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suffruticose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: suf-fru-ti-cose
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a woody base, but herbaceous higher up

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English fruticose English suffruticose From sub- + fruticose.

Inflected Forms

more suffruticose (comparative) most suffruticose (superlative)

Questions

What does suffruticose mean?: Having a woody base, but herbaceous higher up
Where does suffruticose come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English fruticose English suffruticose From sub- + fruticose.

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