synanthous
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having the flowers and leaves appearing at the same time.
Example Sentences
- "No leaves were yet in sight, but in some cases the petals had fallen , and the seed pod was filling, showing that the leaves are certainly not synanthous, though appearing soon after the flowers."
- "The synanthous species develop leaves and flowers only after a suitable rainfall and flower during the season with rain."
Etymology
From syn- + -anthous.