Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boneseed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bone-seed
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An upright shrub in the sunflower family (Osteospermum moniliferum, syn. Chrysanthemoides monilifera), native to South Africa but is an invasive pest in Australia and New Zealand.

New Zealand usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Subspecies Osteospermum moniliferum subsp. monilifera (the subspecies Osteospermum moniliferum subsp. rotundata being known there as bitou bush)

Australian usage; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From bone + seed, either directly as a description of the hard surface of the seeds, or indirectly as a calque of the name of its genus, Osteospermum, from Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ὀστέον, σπέρμα

Usage

Inflected Forms

boneseeds (plural)

Phrases

Buchu boneseed common boneseed dassie boneseed dassiepee boneseed fringeleaf boneseed grand boneseed Grootwinterhoek boneseed hairy boneseed

Questions

What does boneseed mean?: An upright shrub in the sunflower family (Osteospermum moniliferum, syn. Chrysanthemoides monilifera), native to South Africa but is an invasive pest in Australia and New Zealand.
Where does boneseed come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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