Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

twinflower

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: twin-flow-er
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Linnaea borealis of woodland subshrubs with opposite evergreen rounded oval leaves and pendulous pink flowers that occur in pairs.

noun

Any member of the species Dyschoriste oblongifolia of dicotyledonous flowering plants of the family Acanthaceae, native to coastal plains regions of the United States.

Example Sentences

"The Twinflower Linnaea borealis is a common plant in the northern Scandinavian forests that Linnaeus encountered on a trip he made through Lapland in 1732."

Etymology

From twin + flower.

Inflected Forms

twinflowers (plural) twin flower (alternative)

Synonyms

oblongleaf snakeherb linnaea borealis

Questions

What does twinflower mean?: Any member of the species Linnaea borealis of woodland subshrubs with opposite evergreen rounded oval leaves and pendulous pink flowers that occur in pairs.
Where does twinflower come from?: From twin + flower.

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