Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contrayerva

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-tray-er-va
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dorstenia contrajerva, a South American plant whose aromatic root is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.

Uncountable

noun

The root of the plant.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Spanish contrayerba (“literally, a counter-herb, hence an antidote for poison”), from Latin contra + herba (“herb”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: contrayerba, contra

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

contrayervas (plural)

Questions

What does contrayerva mean?: Dorstenia contrajerva, a South American plant whose aromatic root is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.
Where does contrayerva come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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