Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pennisetum americanum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: pen-nise-tum amer-i-canum
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer

Synonyms

pearl millet bulrush millet cattail millet Pennisetum glaucum

Questions

What does pennisetum americanum mean?: tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer

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