zygophyllaceous, adj.

zygophyllaceous
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zygophyllaceousadjective

## Earlier version

- zygophyllaceous, a. in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zygophyllaceous mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zygophyllaceous. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### How common is the adjective zygophyllaceous?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1880 | 0.0006
1890 | 0.0005
1900 | 0.0004
1910 | 0.0004
1920 | 0.0003
1930 | 0.0003
1940 | 0.0002
1950 | 0.0002
1960 | 0.0002
1970 | 0.0002
1980 | 0.0002
1990 | 0.0002
2000 | 0.0002
2010 | 0.0001

### How is the adjective zygophyllaceous pronounced?

#### British English

/ˌzʌɪɡəʊfɪˈleɪʃəs/
/ˌzɪɡəʊfɪˈleɪʃəs/

### Where does the adjective zygophyllaceous come from?

Earliest known use

1880s

The earliest known use of the adjective zygophyllaceous is in the 1880s.

OED's only evidence for zygophyllaceous is from 1887, in the writing of J. Ball.

zygophyllaceous is a borrowing from Latin.

Etymons: Latin Zygophyllum, ‑aceous suffix.

### Nearby entries

1. zygomorphic, adj. 1875–
2. zygomorphism, n. 1875–
3. zygomorphous, adj. 1879–
4. Zygomycetes, n. 1887–
5. zygomycetous, adj. 1928–
6. zygon, n. 1886–
7. zygonema, n. 1911–
8. zygoneurous, adj. 1901–
9. zygophiuran, adj. & n. 1892–
10. zygophore, n. 1904–
11. zygophyllaceous, adj.1887–
12. zygophyte, n. 1885–
13. zygopleura, n. 1883–
14. zygopterid, n. & adj. 1900–
15. zygosis, n. 1880–
16. zygosity, n. 1952–
17. zygosome, n. 1905–
18. zygosperm, n. 1880–
19. zygosphenal, adj. 1854–
20. zygosphene, n. 1854–
21. zygosphere, n. 1880–

## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from Latin.
Etymons: Latin Zygophyllum, ‑aceous suffix.
< modern Latin Zygophyllum (< Greek ζυγόν yoke + ϕύλλον leaf) + ‑aceous suffix, after modern Latin Zygophyllaceae plural.

## Meaning & use

Botany.

1. 1887–
   Belonging to the N.O. Zygophyllaceæ, typified by the genus Zygophyllum (bean-capers).
   1. 1887

      > The singular Zygophyllaceous shrub Porliera hygrometrica.

      J. Ball, Notes of Naturalist in South America 198
   plants
   1. zygophyllaceous 1887–
      Belonging to the N.O. Zygophyllaceæ, typified by the genus Zygophyllum (bean-capers).
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˌzʌɪɡəʊfɪˈleɪʃəs/
/ˌzɪɡəʊfɪˈleɪʃəs/

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

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## Frequency

zygophyllaceous typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zygophyllaceous is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zygophyllaceous, adj., 1880–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
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1880 | 0.0006
1890 | 0.0005
1900 | 0.0004
1910 | 0.0004
1920 | 0.0003
1930 | 0.0003
1940 | 0.0002
1950 | 0.0002
1960 | 0.0002
1970 | 0.0002
1980 | 0.0002
1990 | 0.0002
2000 | 0.0002
2010 | 0.0001

zygophyllaceous, adj. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zygophyllaceous, adj. was last modified in December 2024.