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stavesacre

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
stavesacre
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A highly toxic, perennial plant with purple flowers (Staphisagria macrosperma, syn. Delphinium staphisagria).

Uncountable

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Latin staphisagria, from Ancient Greek σταφίς (staphís, “grape”) (from σταφυλή (staphulḗ, “bunch of grapes”)) + ἀγρία (agría, “wild”) (literally "living in the fields," from ἀγρός (agrós, “field”)).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, staphisagria, σταφίς

Usage

Inflected Forms

stavesacres (plural)

Synonyms

lice-bane

Questions

What does stavesacre mean?
A highly toxic, perennial plant with purple flowers (Staphisagria macrosperma, syn. Delphinium staphisagria).
Where does stavesacre come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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