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selfheal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
self-heal
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small, herbaceous European plant with blue-violet flowers from any species of genus Prunella.

noun

A small, herbaceous European plant with blue-violet flowers from any species of genus Prunella.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English selfhele, selfehale, sylfhele, from Old English selfhǣlu, equivalent to self + heal.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: selfhele, selfhǣlu

Inflected Forms

selfheals (plural)

Synonyms

heal-all

Questions

What does selfheal mean?
A small, herbaceous European plant with blue-violet flowers from any species of genus Prunella.
Where does selfheal come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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