Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stonecrop

/ˈstoʊnˌkɹɑp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables: stonecrop
IPA: /ˈstoʊnˌkɹɑp/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various succulent plants of the Crassulaceae family, native to temperate zones, especially in genus Sedum

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Certain plants of genus Lithospermum, in family Boraginaceae.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A trailing plant with flowers like small white stars had bound itself across the bows as if in reverence for the fallen king, and in the crevices of his stony hair yellow stonecrop gleamed."

Etymology

From stone + crop, from the apparent ability of the plant to grow out of bare rock and stone.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈstoʊnˌkɹɑp/
British English: /ˈstəʊnˌkɹɒp/

Usage

Inflected Forms

stonecrops (plural)

Phrases

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Questions

How do you pronounce stonecrop?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstoʊnˌkɹɑp/.
What does stonecrop mean?: Any of various succulent plants of the Crassulaceae family, native to temperate zones, especially in genus Sedum
Where does stonecrop come from?: From stone + crop, from the apparent ability of the plant to grow out of bare rock and stone.

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