Trema
1 of 2noun
Tre·ma
ˈtrēmə
: a genus of tropical shrubs and trees (family Ulmaceae) having alternate distichous leaves and cymose polygamous flowers succeeded by small drupes
-trema
2 of 2noun combining form
-tre·ma
‧ˈtrēmə
1
plural -tremas
-məz
or -tremata -mətə,
-mətə
: hole : orifice : opening helicotrema
2
: creature having (such) an opening —in generic names
Eurytrema
Word History
Etymology
Noun
New Latin Tremat-, Trema, from Greek trēmat-, trēma hole
Noun combining form
New Latin -tremat-, -trema, from Greek trēmat-, trēma hole
- nontonal
- nontotalitarian
- nontournament
- nontoxic
- nontoxics
- nontraditional
- nontraditional family
- nontraditional student
- nontraditionally
- nontransferability
- nontransferable
- nontransferrable
- nontransparency
- nontransparent
- nontreatment
- nontreatments
- nontrivial
- nontronite
- nontropical
- nontrump
- nontruths
- nonturbulent
- nontypical
- nonumbilicate
- nonunanimous