Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thimbleweed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: thim-ble-weed
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various plants whose heads resemble thimbles, including

noun

Any of various plants whose heads resemble thimbles, including

noun

Any of various plants whose heads resemble thimbles, including

Etymology

From thimble + weed.

Inflected Forms

thimbleweeds (plural)

Phrases

European thimbleweed

Synonyms

anemone cylindrica

Questions

What does thimbleweed mean?: Any of various plants whose heads resemble thimbles, including
Where does thimbleweed come from?: From thimble + weed.

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