Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dictamnus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dic-tam-nus
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A suffrutescent plant of the genus Dictamnus, with strong perfume and showy flowers.

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Dictamnus, from Latin dictamnum. See dittany.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Dictamnus, dictamnum

Inflected Forms

dictamnuses (plural)

Synonyms

dittany burning bush gas plant fraxinella

Questions

What does dictamnus mean?: A suffrutescent plant of the genus Dictamnus, with strong perfume and showy flowers.
Where does dictamnus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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