Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vaccinium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables: vac-cini-um
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Vaccinium of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Vaccinium, itself borrowed from Latin vaccīnium.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Vaccinium, vaccīnium

Inflected Forms

vacciniums (plural)

Questions

What does vaccinium mean?: Any of the genus Vaccinium of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.
Where does vaccinium come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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