Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

osteospermum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: os-teosper-mum
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Osteospermum of subshrubs.

Example Sentences

"Annual geraniums and tobacco relatives like petunias, calibrachoas and nicotianas suffer most, but other flowers including osteospermums, mallows and chrysanthemums may also be attacked."

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Osteospermum.

Word Breakdown

Root: Osteospermum

Inflected Forms

osteospermums (plural)

Questions

What does osteospermum mean?: Any of the genus Osteospermum of subshrubs.
Where does osteospermum come from?: Borrowed from translingual Osteospermum.

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