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lords and ladies

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables
lord-s and ladies
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Arum maculatum, a woodland plant species of the Araceae family native to northern Europe.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Those with purplish spadix are the "lords", and those with pale spadix the "ladies".

Usage

Synonyms

Jack-in-the-pulpit cuckoopint Adam and Eve adder's meat adder's root arum arum lily bobbins cows and bulls cuckoo-plant devils and angels friar's cowl

Questions

What does lords and ladies mean?
Arum maculatum, a woodland plant species of the Araceae family native to northern Europe.
Where does lords and ladies come from?
Those with purplish spadix are the "lords", and those with pale spadix the "ladies".

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