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phormium

/ˈfɔ(ɹ)ˌmiəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables
phormi-um
IPA
/ˈfɔ(ɹ)ˌmiəm/
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant in the genus Phormium, New Zealand flax.

Etymology

From the genus name.

Inflected Forms

phormiums (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce phormium?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɔ(ɹ)ˌmiəm/.
What does phormium mean?
Any plant in the genus Phormium, New Zealand flax.
Where does phormium come from?
From the genus name.

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