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nandina

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables
nan-d-i-na
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, an ornamental plant of species Nandina domestica, sole member of genus Nandina (in family Berberidaceae), native to east Asia from the Himalayas to Japan.

Etymology

A Latinised version of the Japanese name for the plant, 南天 (ナンテン, nanten), first used by Carl Peter Thunberg.

Inflected Forms

nandinas (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does nandina mean?
Heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, an ornamental plant of species Nandina domestica, sole member of genus Nandina (in family Berberidaceae), native to east Asia from the Himalayas to Japan.
Where does nandina come from?
A Latinised version of the Japanese name for the plant, 南天 (ナンテン, nanten), first used by Carl Peter Thunberg.

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