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xerophytic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
xe-ro-phyt-ic
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or being a xerophyte

adj

Having a very dry environment

noun

xerophyte

Etymology

Etymology tree English xerophyte Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English xerophytic From xerophyte + -ic.

Inflected Forms

xerophytics (plural)

Derived Forms

mesoxerophytic psychroxerophytic subxerophytic xerophytically

Questions

What does xerophytic mean?
Of, pertaining to, or being a xerophyte
Where does xerophytic come from?
Etymology tree English xerophyte Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English xerophytic From xerophyte + -ic.

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