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thoroughwort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thor-ough-wort
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several plants of the genus Eupatorium.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From thorough (“through”) + wort: the leaf bases are joined, so it looks like the stem is growing through a single leaf.

Usage

Inflected Forms

thoroughworts (plural)

Synonyms

boneset agueweed eupatorium perfoliatum

Questions

What does thoroughwort mean?
Any of several plants of the genus Eupatorium.
Where does thoroughwort come from?
From thorough (“through”) + wort: the leaf bases are joined, so it looks like the stem is growing through a single leaf.

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