Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snuff box sea bean

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: snuf-f box sea bean
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

African dream herb (Entada rheedei).

noun

Matchbox bean, St. Thomas bean (Entada phaseoloides).

Example Sentences

"Lens phaseoloides. Snuff-box sea-bean. Plate LVI. Family Fabaceae. Local names.--Gayê, Gadyê, Gayî, Lódusong, Bayog (Guam); Gogo, Gogong bakai, Bayogo, Balones (Philippines); Cacoon (West Indies); Boja (Cuba); Tupe (Samoa); Kaka (Rarotonga); Match-box bean (Queensland)."
"The seeds of the snuff box, sea bean (Entada scandens) are mentioned in Norse literature as early as 1632 as of inorganic origin and were often considered to have been formed by the waves and called solvent stones."
"Entada phaseoloides (Linnaeus) Merrill, also called Entada scandens, the match-box bean or snuff-box sea bean"
"entada rheedii, commonly known as the African Dream Herb or Snuff Box Sea Bean"
"The other species of Entada is E. phaseoloides, commonly known as Queensland bean. It is distributed throughout the tropical forests from Africa to Australia. Match box bean and snuff box sea bean are other names used for this species."

Inflected Forms

snuff box sea beans (plural)

Questions

What does snuff box sea bean mean?: African dream herb (Entada rheedei).

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