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sabadilla

/ˌsæbəˈdɪlə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sabadil-la
IPA
/ˌsæbəˈdɪlə/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Mexican and Central American plant of the family Melanthiaceae (Schoenocaulon officinale, syn. Sabadilla officinalis).

noun

The seeds of this plant, used in medicine and insecticides.

Etymology

From Spanish cebadilla, diminutive of cebada (“barley”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

sabadillas (plural) cebadilla (alternative, archaic) cevadilla (alternative, archaic)

Synonyms

caustic barley Indian caustic barley

Rhymes With

villa serial killer manila vanilla gorilla godzilla priscilla flotilla anguilla chinchilla scylla maxilla

Questions

How do you pronounce sabadilla?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsæbəˈdɪlə/.
What does sabadilla mean?
A Mexican and Central American plant of the family Melanthiaceae (Schoenocaulon officinale, syn. Sabadilla officinalis).
Where does sabadilla come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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