Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marsdenia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mars-de-nia
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Marsdenia of apocynaceous plants.

Example Sentences

"The odour of the 'Madagascar chaplet-flower' came floating out, mingled with the fragrant scents of the marsdenias, and the sloping shelves were one mass of varied bloom."

Etymology

From Marsden + -ia, from the genus name, named after William Marsden (orientalist).

Inflected Forms

marsdenias (plural)

Questions

What does marsdenia mean?: Any of the genus Marsdenia of apocynaceous plants.
Where does marsdenia come from?: From Marsden + -ia, from the genus name, named after William Marsden (orientalist).

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