Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

til seed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables
til seed
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sesame seed (from Sesamum indicum).

noun

A seed of the til tree (stinkwood, Ocotea foetens).

noun

A seed of ramtil (niger, Guizotia abyssinica).

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तिल (tila, “sesame”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

til seeds (plural)

Questions

What does til seed mean?
A sesame seed (from Sesamum indicum).
Where does til seed come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

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