Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: telome
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A terminal branch of a stem, thought to have evolved into the leaf, according to one theory of plant morphology.

Etymology

From telo- + -ome.

Inflected Forms

telomes (plural)

Derived Forms

telomic

Questions

What does telome mean?: A terminal branch of a stem, thought to have evolved into the leaf, according to one theory of plant morphology.
Where does telome come from?: From telo- + -ome.

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