Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sweetroot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sweet-root
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

western sweet cicely, western sweetroot (Osmorhiza occidentalis)

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Like other members of this large family, sweetroot presents its tiny flowers in terminal, umbrella-shaped inflorescences that do little to assure us that the plant is not the deadly water hemlock (Cicula douglasii)"
"The plant is sometimes confused with Osmorhiza chilensis (western sweetroot), which often shares the same habitat. However, unlike red baneberry, sweetroot has a strong licorice-like odor."

Etymology

From sweet + root.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sweetroots (plural)

Questions

What does sweetroot mean?: liquorice
Where does sweetroot come from?: From sweet + root.

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