Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

st. james wort

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: st. -james -wort
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris).

Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of St. James Wort.

Example Sentences

"The loins are called the cheens [...] The plant sweet-leaf, a kind of St. John's wort, here called tutsen, is the French toute saine (heal all)."

Etymology

St. James + wort.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

St. James worts (plural)

Questions

What does st. james wort mean?: Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris).
Where does st. james wort come from?: St. James + wort.

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