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bloodflower

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
blood-flow-er
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant in the genus Haemanthus, bulbous African plants of the amaryllis family.

noun

A species of milkweed (Asclepias curassavica L.) with blood-red petals, native to the Central and South American tropics

Etymology

Translation of the taxonomic name Haemanthus, which comes from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: αἷμα, ἄνθος

Inflected Forms

bloodflowers (plural)

Questions

What does bloodflower mean?
Any plant in the genus Haemanthus, bulbous African plants of the amaryllis family.
Where does bloodflower come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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