Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rubus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: rubus
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Rubus of flowering plants, including the raspberry and blackberry.

Etymology

From the genus name, from Latin rubus.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: rubus

Inflected Forms

rubuses (plural)

Questions

What does rubus mean?: Any of the genus Rubus of flowering plants, including the raspberry and blackberry.
Where does rubus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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