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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pilewort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pile-wort
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various not closely related plants traditionally supposed to be effective in treating piles (hemorrhoids), especially

Uncountable

noun

Any of various not closely related plants traditionally supposed to be effective in treating piles (hemorrhoids), especially

Uncountable

Etymology

From piles + wort.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pileworts (plural)

Synonyms

lesser celandine ranunculus ficaria

Questions

What does pilewort mean?
Any of various not closely related plants traditionally supposed to be effective in treating piles (hemorrhoids), especially
Where does pilewort come from?
From piles + wort.

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