Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

milkvetch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: milkvetch
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of most species of flowering plants of the genus Astragalus.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-der. Proto-Germanic *meluks Proto-West Germanic *meluk Old English meolc Middle English milk English milk Proto-Indo-European *weyk-? Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Italic *wikiā Latin vicia Old Northern French vechebor. Middle English fecche English vetch English milkvetch From milk + vetch.

Inflected Forms

milkvetches (plural) milk vetch (alternative) milk-vetch (alternative)

Phrases

browse milkvetch Cretan milkvetch

Synonyms

astragal astragalus

Questions

What does milkvetch mean?: Any member of most species of flowering plants of the genus Astragalus.
Where does milkvetch come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-der. Proto-Germanic *meluks Proto-West Germanic *meluk Old English meolc Middle English milk English milk Proto-Indo-European *weyk-? Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Italic *wikiā Latin vicia Old Northern French vechebor. Middle English fecche English vetch English milkvetch From milk + vetch.

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