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Meaning of epiphora | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. epistrophe
    countable, rhetoric, uncountable
  2. Excessive tear production usually a result from an irritation of the eye.
    countable, uncountable
  3. Any of species Polystachya (syn. Epiphora) of yellowspike orchids, of tropical and subtropical environments worldwide.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية دماع
Français épiphora
Polski epifora łzawienie łzotok

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

epiphragm epiphrasis epiphrenic epiphycan epiphyll epiphyllum

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