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sedum

/sˈɛdəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
se-dum
IPA
/sˈɛdəm/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various succulent plants, of the genus Sedum, native to temperate zones; the stonecrop.

Etymology

From Middle English cedum, from Latin sedum (“houseleek”). Modern usage is a semantic loan from translingual Sedum.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: cedum, sedum

Inflected Forms

sedums (plural)

Phrases

goldmoss sedum

Homonyms

sedam

Rhymes With

dedham sedam

Questions

How do you pronounce sedum?
The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɛdəm/.
What does sedum mean?
Any of various succulent plants, of the genus Sedum, native to temperate zones; the stonecrop.
Where does sedum come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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