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verbascum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables
ver-bas-cum
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mullein (of genus Verbascum)

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Verbascum, from Latin verbascum.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

verbascums (plural) verbasca (plural)

Questions

What does verbascum mean?
A mullein (of genus Verbascum)
Where does verbascum come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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