Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tachibana orange

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: tachibana o-r-ange
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Citrus tachibana, or Citrus reticulata tachibana, a very bitter variety of mandarin orange.

Etymology

From Japanese 橘 (tachibana).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 橘

Inflected Forms

tachibana oranges (plural)

Questions

What does tachibana orange mean?: Citrus tachibana, or Citrus reticulata tachibana, a very bitter variety of mandarin orange.
Where does tachibana orange come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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