Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

botan rice

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables: botan rice
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of glutinous rice.

Etymology

From Japanese 牡丹 (botan, “peony”) + rice, possibly after Japanese 牡丹餅 (botamochi, “botamochi, a Japanese sweet made with glutinous rice”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 牡丹

Synonyms

glutinous rice

Questions

What does botan rice mean?: Synonym of glutinous rice.
Where does botan rice come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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