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carduus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables
car-du-us
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

a genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles.

Questions

What does carduus mean?
a genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles.

How to pronounce carduus

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