Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taxodium

/tækˈsoʊdiəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: tax-odi-um
IPA: /tækˈsoʊdiəm/

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Taxodium of flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family.

Example Sentences

"It was a bright July morning, and she was showing off her garden, a “Through the Looking Glass” landscape of taxodium, cryptomeria and juniper, alliums, corkscrew grass and ostrich ferns[…]"

Etymology

From the genus name.

Inflected Forms

taxodiums (plural)

Rhymes With

rhodium

Questions

How do you pronounce taxodium?: The recorded pronunciation is /tækˈsoʊdiəm/.
What does taxodium mean?: Any of the genus Taxodium of flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family.
Where does taxodium come from?: From the genus name.

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