Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prickly lettuce

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: prick-ly let-tuce
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lactuca serriola, an annual or biennial plant in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family, the closest wild relative of cultivated lettuce.

Inflected Forms

prickly lettuces (plural)

Synonyms

milk thistle compass plant horse thistle lactuca serriola lactuca scariola

Questions

What does prickly lettuce mean?: Lactuca serriola, an annual or biennial plant in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family, the closest wild relative of cultivated lettuce.

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