Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

osmanthus

/ɒzˈmænθəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: os-man-thus
IPA: /ɒzˈmænθəs/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several widely distributed evergreen flowering plants, of the genus Osmanthus.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"By 1969, the flower district had under cultivation over 13 hectares of rosebeds alone, 10,000 pots of osmanthus, 50,000 pots of magnolias, camellias and jasmine and several hundred thousand pots of chrysanthemums, as well as thousands of pine, pomegranate and iron trees."

Etymology

From João de Loureiro's (1790) taxonomic name Osmanthus (“genus of flowering shrubs”), from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”), for the strong scent of the Osmanthus fragrans.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Osmanthus, ὀσμή

Usage

Inflected Forms

osmanthuses (plural)

Phrases

osmanthus wine

Questions

How do you pronounce osmanthus?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɒzˈmænθəs/.
What does osmanthus mean?: Any of several widely distributed evergreen flowering plants, of the genus Osmanthus.
Where does osmanthus come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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