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ophrys

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables
ophrys
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any orchid of the genus Ophrys, often vernacularly called bee orchids.

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Ophrys, from Ancient Greek ὀφρῡ́ς (ophrū́s, “eyebrow”); further from Proto-Hellenic *opʰrū́s and Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs. Doublet of bree and brow.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ophrys, ὀφρῡ́ς, *opʰrū́s, *h₃bʰrúHs

Inflected Forms

ophryses (plural)

Questions

What does ophrys mean?
Any orchid of the genus Ophrys, often vernacularly called bee orchids.
Where does ophrys come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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