nipa grass
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the United States, also known as Palmer's grass.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Nipa grass is another promising native crop once thought to be extinct. It was recently rediscovered in Mexico, and now being cultivated again for its grain."
- "In the 1970s, Nipa grass was thought to be extinct; it was then rediscovered by University of AZ researchers."