Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jaborandi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jab-o-ran-di
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several species of the genus Pilocarpus of plants, some of which are important medicinally.

Etymology

From Portuguese jaborandi, from Old Tupi îaborandy.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: jaborandi, îaborandy

Inflected Forms

jaborandis (plural)

Derived Forms

jaborine

Questions

What does jaborandi mean?: Any of several species of the genus Pilocarpus of plants, some of which are important medicinally.
Where does jaborandi come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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