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spearwort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
spear-wort
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various perennial herbaceous plants in the Ranunculus (buttercup) genus.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English sperwort, sperewort, from Old English sperewyrt, i.e. spear + wort.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sperwort, sperewyrt

Usage

Inflected Forms

spearworts (plural)

Phrases

adder's-tongue spearwort creeping spearwort greater spearwort great spearwort lesser spearwort low spearwort water-plantain spearwort water spearwort

Questions

What does spearwort mean?
Any of various perennial herbaceous plants in the Ranunculus (buttercup) genus.
Where does spearwort come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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