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yellowcress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
yel-lowcress
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rorippa palustris, a flowering plant in the mustard family.

Uncountable

noun

Any other plant in the genus Rorippa.

Uncountable

Etymology

From yellow + cress.

Usage

Inflected Forms

yellowcresses (plural)

Questions

What does yellowcress mean?
Rorippa palustris, a flowering plant in the mustard family.
Where does yellowcress come from?
From yellow + cress.

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