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water-purslane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
wa-ter-purslane
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant of species Lythrum portula, native in Europe introduced in North America.

noun

A marsh seedbox (Ludwigia palustris), native to North America, naturalized in Europe.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

water-purslanes (plural) water purslane (alternative) water-purslan (alternative)

Synonyms

spatulaleaf loosestrife

Questions

What does water-purslane mean?
A plant of species Lythrum portula, native in Europe introduced in North America.

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