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prairie turnip

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables
prairie -turnip
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Psoralea esculenta, a herbaceous perennial native to central North America.

noun

The starchy tuberous root of this plant, a staple food of some American Indians.

Inflected Forms

prairie turnips (plural)

Synonyms

breadroot breadroot scurfpea pomme blanche prairie apple timpsula

Questions

What does prairie turnip mean?
Psoralea esculenta, a herbaceous perennial native to central North America.

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