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bear's breech

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables
bear's breech
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of two common species of acanthus, Acanthus mollis and, less frequently, Acanthus spinosus.

noun

Any species of the genus Acanthus.

noun

A species of hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium

Inflected Forms

bear's breeches (plural) bear's breeches (alternative) bear's-breech (alternative)

Synonyms

common bear's breech spiny bear's breech acanthus bear's breeches sea holly acanthus mollis

Questions

What does bear's breech mean?
Any of two common species of acanthus, Acanthus mollis and, less frequently, Acanthus spinosus.

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