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brewer's rockcress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
brew-er's rock-cress
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Boechera breweri, a species of rockcress with purple flowers.

Etymology

From Brewer (surname) + -'s + rockcress, a calque of translingual Boechera breweri.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Brewer's rockcresses (plural)

Phrases

Boechera breweri

Frequently Paired Words

Boechera breweri

Questions

What does brewer's rockcress mean?
Boechera breweri, a species of rockcress with purple flowers.
Where does brewer's rockcress come from?
From Brewer (surname) + -'s + rockcress, a calque of translingual Boechera breweri.

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