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scalesia

scalesia noun: a type of tree found in the Galápagos, in the genus Scalesia.

Noun

scalesia (plural scalesias)

  1. A type of tree found in the Galápagos, in the genus Scalesia.

Forms of scalesia

pluralscalesias

Origin of scalesia

From the genus name Scalesia, in turn from "Scales" + -ia, "Scales" being an error for the English surname Stables.

Questions about scalesia

What does scalesia mean?
Scalesia means a type of tree found in the Galápagos, in the genus Scalesia.
What part of speech is scalesia?
Scalesia is a noun.
What is the plural of scalesia?
The plural of scalesia is scalesias.

Words near scalesia in the dictionary

  1. scales off
  2. scales out
  3. scales up
  4. scaleseed
  5. scaleseeds
  6. scalesia
  7. scalesias
  8. scalesman
  9. scalesmen
  10. scalest
  11. scaletail

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