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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

milk-cap

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables
milk--cap
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mushroom of the genus Lactarius.

Etymology

From milk + cap, named after the latex (“milk”) they exude when cut or bruised.

Inflected Forms

milk-caps (plural) milkcap (alternative) milk cap (alternative)

Phrases

a children's game

Frequently Paired Words

a children's game

Synonyms

milky

Questions

What does milk-cap mean?
A mushroom of the genus Lactarius.
Where does milk-cap come from?
From milk + cap, named after the latex (“milk”) they exude when cut or bruised.

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