Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

willowherb

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wil-lowherb
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several flowering plants, mostly in the genus Epilobium of the family Onagraceae.

Example Sentences

"Never had they noticed the roses so vivid, the willow-herb so riotous, the meadow-sweet so odorous and pervading."
"And willows, willow-herb, and grass, / And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry, / No whit less still and lonely fair / Than the high cloudlets in the sky."
"Their flowers range from the rather formal blossoming of outer London to the wilder flowering of the country, where willow-herb and broom, traveller's joy and campion, go rioting over the chalky banks of the Metropolitan Line."

Etymology

From willow + herb.

Inflected Forms

willowherbs (plural) willow herb (alternative)

Phrases

bog willowherb giant willowherb golden willowherb great willowherb hairy willowherb marsh willowherb milk willowherb night willowherb

Questions

What does willowherb mean?: Any of several flowering plants, mostly in the genus Epilobium of the family Onagraceae.
Where does willowherb come from?: From willow + herb.

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