Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shampoo ginger

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: sham-poo gin-ger
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Asian and Polynesian plant related to ginger, Zingiber zerumbet, whose inflorescence contains a substance used as a shampoo.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

shampoo gingers (plural)

Synonyms

pinecone ginger bitter ginger zerumbet

Questions

What does shampoo ginger mean?: An Asian and Polynesian plant related to ginger, Zingiber zerumbet, whose inflorescence contains a substance used as a shampoo.

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