Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ground pear

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables
ground -pear
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of potato (a tuber).

noun

Synonym of potato (a plant or species).

noun

Synonym of Jerusalem artichoke (a tuber).

noun

Synonym of Jerusalem artichoke (a plant or species).

Etymology

From ground + pear, calque of German Grundbirne.

Inflected Forms

ground pears (plural) groundpear (alternative, rare)

Synonyms

potato Jerusalem artichoke

Questions

What does ground pear mean?
Synonym of potato (a tuber).
Where does ground pear come from?
From ground + pear, calque of German Grundbirne.

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