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butterbur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.29 in modern English

Syllables
but-ter-bur
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several Eurasian herbs, of the genus Petasites, having dense clusters of often purple flowers.

Etymology

From butter + bur: its large leaves were once used to wrap butter.

Inflected Forms

butterburs (plural)

Phrases

Arctic butterbur giant butterbur

Synonyms

butterdock sweet coltsfoot bog rhubarb petasites hybridus petasites vulgaris

Questions

What does butterbur mean?
Any of several Eurasian herbs, of the genus Petasites, having dense clusters of often purple flowers.
Where does butterbur come from?
From butter + bur: its large leaves were once used to wrap butter.

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