Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

onosma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: onos-ma
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any flowering plant of the genus Onosma, of the family Boraginaceae.

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Onosma, from Ancient Greek ὄνοσμᾰ (ónosmă).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Onosma, ὄνοσμᾰ

Inflected Forms

onosmas (plural)

Questions

What does onosma mean?: Any flowering plant of the genus Onosma, of the family Boraginaceae.
Where does onosma come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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