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rhapontic

/rəˈpɒntɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rhapon-tic
IPA
/rəˈpɒntɪk/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The false rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum)

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin rhaponticum, literally rha (“rhubarb”) ponticum (“Pontic; of the Black Sea”), from Ancient Greek ῥῆον (rhêon, “rhubarb”) and Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos, “Black Sea”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: rhaponticum, ῥῆον, Πόντος

Usage

Inflected Forms

rhapontics (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce rhapontic?
The recorded pronunciation is /rəˈpɒntɪk/.
What does rhapontic mean?
The false rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum)
Where does rhapontic come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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