Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pickleweed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pick-le-weed
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any flowering plant of the genus Salicornia (family Amaranthaceae).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A turtleweed (Bataceae spp.).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A turtleweed (Bataceae spp.).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From pickle + weed.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pickleweeds (plural)

Synonyms

marsh samphire glasswort sea bean saltwort sea asparagus beachwort

Questions

What does pickleweed mean?: Any flowering plant of the genus Salicornia (family Amaranthaceae).
Where does pickleweed come from?: From pickle + weed.

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