Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ox knee

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
ox knee
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Cyathula officinalis, a species of Sino-Nepali amaranth-family plant.

noun

A chaff flower of species Achyranthes bidentata.

Etymology

From ox + knee, for unknown reasons.

Inflected Forms

ox knees (plural)

Synonyms

Cyathula root radix Cyathula

Questions

What does ox knee mean?
Cyathula officinalis, a species of Sino-Nepali amaranth-family plant.
Where does ox knee come from?
From ox + knee, for unknown reasons.

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