Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trigamous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trig-a-mous
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Living in or involving trigamy.

adj

Having three kinds of flowers — male, female, and hermaphrodite — in the same flower head.

Etymology

From tri- + -gamous.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: tri
Suffix: gamous

Questions

What does trigamous mean?: Living in or involving trigamy.
Where does trigamous come from?: From tri- + -gamous.

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