Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piggyback plant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables: pig-gy-back- -plant
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant native to moist forests near the coast of northwestern North America, Tolmiea menziesii, grown as an ornamental groundcover or container plant for its attractive green foliage with plantlets growing from the bases of the leaves.

Inflected Forms

piggyback plants (plural)

Synonyms

youth-on-age thousand mothers pickaback plant tolmiea menziesii

Questions

What does piggyback plant mean?: A plant native to moist forests near the coast of northwestern North America, Tolmiea menziesii, grown as an ornamental groundcover or container plant for its attractive green foliage with plantlets growing from the bases of the leaves.

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