katniss
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Sagittaria spp., herbaceous perennial flowering plants that grow in water.
Archaic; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "KATNISS is another Indian name of a plant, the root of which they were likewise accustomed to eat, when they lived here."
- "[…] of the roots, they had hopniss (glycine apios), katniss (sagittaria sagittifolia), tawho (arum virginicum), tawkee (orantium aquaticum)."
- "Known as “wappatoo” or “katniss,” the corms were prepared by baking, roasting, or boiling."
Etymology
From the plant's name in a northeastern (probably Algonquian) Native American language; compare hopniss, which is from Unami.