Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rosary pea

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: rosary -pea
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A leguminous plant, of species Abrus precatorius, or its round, red, poisonous seeds which are sometimes used as beads.

Etymology

From rosary + pea.

Inflected Forms

rosary peas (plural)

Synonyms

crab's eye Indian licorice jequirity jequirity bean jumbie bead

Questions

What does rosary pea mean?: A leguminous plant, of species Abrus precatorius, or its round, red, poisonous seeds which are sometimes used as beads.
Where does rosary pea come from?: From rosary + pea.

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