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pelea

pelea noun: synonym of melicope: a plant of the genus Pelea.

Noun

pelea (plural peleas)

  1. (dated) Synonym of melicope: a plant of the genus Pelea.
    Synonyms:
    melicope

Synonyms of pelea

  • melicope

Forms of pelea

pluralpeleas

Origin of pelea

Learned borrowing from New Latin pelea, from Hawaiian Pele (Hawaiian fire goddess) + -ea. Equivalent to Pele + -a.

Questions about pelea

What does pelea mean?
Pelea means synonym of melicope: a plant of the genus Pelea.
What part of speech is pelea?
Pelea is a noun.
What is the plural of pelea?
The plural of pelea is peleas.

Words near pelea in the dictionary

  1. Pele
  2. Pele's hair
  3. Pele's tear
  4. Pele's tears
  5. Pele-type
  6. pelea
  7. Pelean
  8. peleas
  9. pelecan
  10. pelecanid
  11. pelecanids

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