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- US Pronunciation
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- [trit-uh-muh]
- /ˈtrɪt ə mə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [trit-uh-muh]
- /ˈtrɪt ə mə/
Definitions of tritoma word
- noun tritoma any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers. 1
- noun tritoma any of a genus (Kniphofia) of African plants of the lily family, with dense spikes of red to yellow tubular flowers in the autumn 0
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Origin of tritoma
First appearance:
before 1880 One of the 23% newest English words
1880-85; < New Latin Tritoma alternate genus name < Greek trítom(os) thrice-cut (tri- tri- + -tomos -tomous) + New Latin -a -a2
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Parts of speech for Tritoma
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tritoma popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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