Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kobresia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ko-bre-sia
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the genus Kobresia of plants in the sedge family.

Example Sentences

"Alpine meadows, primarily composed of Sichuan kobresia (Kobresia setchwanensis) made up a smaller proportion of the tree-line mosaic."

Etymology

From the genus name.

Inflected Forms

kobresias (plural)

Questions

What does kobresia mean?: Any member of the genus Kobresia of plants in the sedge family.
Where does kobresia come from?: From the genus name.

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