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gesneriad

ges·ne·ri·ad
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ges-neer-ee-ad, jes-]
    • /gɛsˈnɪər iˌæd, dʒɛs-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ges-neer-ee-ad, jes-]
    • /gɛsˈnɪər iˌæd, dʒɛs-/

Definitions of gesneriad word

  • noun gesneriad any of various, chiefly tropical plants of the gesneria family. 1
  • noun gesneriad A tropical plant of a family that includes African violets, gloxinias, and their relatives. 1
  • noun gesneriad a tropical plant of the genus Gesneria 0
  • noun gesneriad (botany) Any of the family Gesneriaceae of tropical and subtropical flowering plants, valued as ornamentals. 0

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Origin of gesneriad

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
1880-85; < New Latin Gesneri(a) a genus name (after K. von Gesner; see -ia) + -ad1

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Parts of speech for Gesneriad

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

gesneriad popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% 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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