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butterwort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
but-ter-wort
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant of the insectivorous genus Pinguicula.

noun

common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris)

Example Sentences

Etymology

From butter + wort: perhaps from the ability of the leaves to coagulate milk, or from their peculiar sliminess.

Inflected Forms

butterworts (plural)

Questions

What does butterwort mean?
Any plant of the insectivorous genus Pinguicula.
Where does butterwort come from?
From butter + wort: perhaps from the ability of the leaves to coagulate milk, or from their peculiar sliminess.

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