Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microgreen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-cro-green
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The small, young seedling of a plant used as a visual flavor accent and occasionally as salad greens.

Example Sentences

"I don’t want anyone to be able to say, oh, I see where he got this idea to put microgreens on top of his fish fillets.”"
"One of the most rewarding types of plants to grow are micro-greens. Essentially, these are the tiny seedlings of any plant with edible leaves, which can be harvested and eaten at the sprouted stage – basically posh cress."

Etymology

Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *gróh₁nis Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green English microgreen From micro- + green.

Inflected Forms

microgreens (plural) micro-green (alternative)

Questions

What does microgreen mean?: The small, young seedling of a plant used as a visual flavor accent and occasionally as salad greens.
Where does microgreen come from?: Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *gróh₁nis Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green English microgreen From micro- + green.

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