Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

urucum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: uru-cum
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Martius found most dressed in bits of clothing, their hair wildly tangled and their faces dyed red with urucum."
"They paint them, or at least parts of them, with urucum (reddish) plant dye or even their own blood if there are no urucum plants nearby."
"Bixin results from lycopene oxidation and it is the main carotenoid found in the seed coat of urucum fruits (Bixa orellana L.), which is cultivated in tropical countries of South and Central America, Africa and Asia."

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese urucum, borrowed from Old Tupi uruku, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruku, from Proto-Tupian *ɨrʲuku.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does urucum mean?: Achiote.
Where does urucum come from?: Borrowed from Portuguese urucum, borrowed from Old Tupi uruku, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruku, from Proto-Tupian *ɨrʲuku.

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