Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

romneya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rom-neya
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Romneya of flowering plants of the poppy family, perennial subshrubs with woody stems and large white flowers with yellow centres.

Example Sentences

"On one occasion I raised a batch of romneyas from seeds which were sown directly they were ripe, but the usual method of propagation is by root cuttings, which can be obtained at this period of the year."

Etymology

From the genus name.

Inflected Forms

romneyas (plural)

Questions

What does romneya mean?: Any of the genus Romneya of flowering plants of the poppy family, perennial subshrubs with woody stems and large white flowers with yellow centres.
Where does romneya come from?: From the genus name.

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