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silverweed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sil-ver-weed
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several species of low-growing flowering plants, the leaves of which are silvery underneath, some now assigned to the genus Argentina, most previously assigned to genus Potentilla.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A plant of species Gomphrena vermicularis.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From silver + weed.

Usage

Inflected Forms

silverweeds (plural)

Phrases

common silverweed New Zealand silverweed Eged's silverweed Pacific silverweed

Frequently Paired Words

copperweed goldweed

Synonyms

goose grass goose-tansy potentilla anserina

Questions

What does silverweed mean?
Any of several species of low-growing flowering plants, the leaves of which are silvery underneath, some now assigned to the genus Argentina, most previously assigned to genus Potentilla.
Where does silverweed come from?
From silver + weed.

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