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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sweetgrass

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables
sweet-grass
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

mannagrass, in genus Glyceria

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Hierochloe odorata (syn. Anthoxanthum nitens), an aromatic herb native to northern Eurasia and North America

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Muhlenbergia filipes, a grass native to the southeastern United States

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From sweet + grass.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sweetgrasses (plural)

Phrases

Sweet Grass County

Frequently Paired Words

Sweet Grass County

Questions

What does sweetgrass mean?
mannagrass, in genus Glyceria
Where does sweetgrass come from?
From sweet + grass.

How to pronounce sweetgrass

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