The word "idiothalamous" is a rare botanical term that describes a flower with a solitary, idiotrophic ovule or seed. The IPA phonetic transcription of this word is /ˌɪdiəʊˈθæləməs/ , which can be broken down as follows: "id-" is pronounced as in "idiot", "i-" as in "eel", "o-" as in "owe", "th-" as in "thin", "a-" as in "had", "la-" as in "la", "m-" as in "may", "o-" as in "owe", "u-" as in "put" and "-s" as in "six".