Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wocus

/woʊ kəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wocus
IPA: /woʊ kəs/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large yellow water lily (Nuphar polysepala) found in the northwestern United States.

American usage

noun

The seeds of this water lily, eaten by the Klamath and others.

American usage

Etymology

From the Klamath-Modoc word for the plant's seeds, wocus.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

wokas (alternative) wokus (alternative) wocas (alternative)

Synonyms

Rocky Mountain spatterdock

Homonyms

wokas

Questions

How do you pronounce wocus?: The recorded pronunciation is /woʊ kəs/.
What does wocus mean?: A large yellow water lily (Nuphar polysepala) found in the northwestern United States.
Where does wocus come from?: From the Klamath-Modoc word for the plant's seeds, wocus.

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