Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

garden patience

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables: gar-den -pa-tience
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several dock plants of the genus Rumex, especially Rumex patientia.

Uncountable

Etymology

From garden and a corruption of Low Vulgar Latin lapathium.

Word Breakdown

Root: lapathium

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

patience dock

Questions

What does garden patience mean?: Any of several dock plants of the genus Rumex, especially Rumex patientia.
Where does garden patience come from?: From garden and a corruption of Low Vulgar Latin lapathium.

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