Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clarkia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: clarkia
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several annual flowering plants, of the genus Clarkia, native to the Americas.

Example Sentences

"This annual plant resembles the clarkia so strongly that all godetias are now classified as clarkias. But we will mention them individually here because most seed catalogues still do the same."

Etymology

Borrowed from the genus translingual Clarkia, after William Clark.

Word Breakdown

Root: Clarkia

Inflected Forms

clarkias (plural)

Questions

What does clarkia mean?: Any of several annual flowering plants, of the genus Clarkia, native to the Americas.
Where does clarkia come from?: Borrowed from the genus translingual Clarkia, after William Clark.

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