Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nutgrass

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nut-grass
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any perennial sedge of species Cyperus esculentus or Cyperus rotundus, that has small edible nutlike tubers.

Etymology

From nut + grass.

Inflected Forms

nutgrasses (plural) nut grass (alternative) nut-grass (alternative)

Synonyms

nut grass nutsedge nut sedge cyperus rotundus

Questions

What does nutgrass mean?: Any perennial sedge of species Cyperus esculentus or Cyperus rotundus, that has small edible nutlike tubers.
Where does nutgrass come from?: From nut + grass.

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