Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

papaver

/pəˈpeɪvə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: pa-paver
IPA: /pəˈpeɪvə(ɹ)/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant of the genus Papaver, poppies.

Etymology

From the genus name, from Latin papāver. Doublet of poppy.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: papāver

Inflected Forms

papavers (plural)

Derived Forms

papaverous

Questions

How do you pronounce papaver?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈpeɪvə(ɹ)/.
What does papaver mean?: Any plant of the genus Papaver, poppies.
Where does papaver come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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