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mespilus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mespilus
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the flowering plant genus Mespilus (now Crataegus sect. Mespilus), of medlars.

Etymology

From the genus name, from Latin mespilum.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

mespiluses (plural) mespil (alternative)

Phrases

snowy mespilus

Questions

What does mespilus mean?
Any member of the flowering plant genus Mespilus (now Crataegus sect. Mespilus), of medlars.
Where does mespilus come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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