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salsuginous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sal-sug-i-nous
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Growing in brackish places or in salt marshes.

Archaic

Etymology

From Latin salsugo, salsuginis (“saltness”), from salsus (“salted, salt”). Compare French salsugineux.

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What does salsuginous mean?
Growing in brackish places or in salt marshes.
Where does salsuginous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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