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babe-in-a-cradle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables
babe-in-a-cra-dle
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Australian orchid with purple flowers, Epiblema grandiflorum.

Inflected Forms

babes-in-a-cradle (plural)

Questions

What does babe-in-a-cradle mean?
An Australian orchid with purple flowers, Epiblema grandiflorum.

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