Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mesembryanthemum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: mesem-bryan-the-mum
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Mesembryanthemum of herbaceous or suffruticose plants.

Example Sentences

"The celebrated garden in which suicidal gamblers used to put an end to their troubles was overgrown with mesembryanthemum."
"They had come out on to the coast road now, and Cornwall was out-postering itself, as usual, with rocky headlands and sandy coves and fishing villages that spilled themselves down the cliff face like cascades of mesembryanthemum."

Etymology

From taxonomic name Mesembryanthemum.

Word Breakdown

Root: Mesembryanthemum

Inflected Forms

mesembryanthemums (plural)

Synonyms

mesemb mesem

Questions

What does mesembryanthemum mean?: Any of the genus Mesembryanthemum of herbaceous or suffruticose plants.
Where does mesembryanthemum come from?: From taxonomic name Mesembryanthemum.

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