Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arctic butterbur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: arc-tic but-ter-bur
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flowering plant native to North America, Petasites frigidus; sweet coltsfoot.

Example Sentences

"Note that although medicinal species of Petasites, including purple butterbur (Petasites hybridus) and Arctic butterbur (Petasites frigidus), are not listed in this text, these species also contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids."

Inflected Forms

Arctic butterburs (plural)

Questions

What does arctic butterbur mean?: A flowering plant native to North America, Petasites frigidus; sweet coltsfoot.

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