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hyoscyamus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables
hyoscya-mus
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Hyoscyamus of henbanes.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The leaves of black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectoral troubles.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the genus name.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hyoscyamuses (plural) hyoscyami (plural)

Questions

What does hyoscyamus mean?
Any of the genus Hyoscyamus of henbanes.
Where does hyoscyamus come from?
From the genus name.

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