Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pachysandra

/pˌætʃɪsˈændɹə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pachysan-dra
IPA: /pˌætʃɪsˈændɹə/

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A genus, Pachysandra, of four or five species of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs, belonging to the boxwood family, Buxaceae, used ornamentally as groundcover.

Etymology

From the New Latin genus name, equivalent to English pachy-, from Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús) [Term?].

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: -, παχύς

Inflected Forms

pachysandras (plural)

Rhymes With

sandra alexandra cassandra chandra calandra zandra

Questions

How do you pronounce pachysandra?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˌætʃɪsˈændɹə/.
What does pachysandra mean?: A genus, Pachysandra, of four or five species of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs, belonging to the boxwood family, Buxaceae, used ornamentally as groundcover.
Where does pachysandra come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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