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sarcococca

/ˌsɑɹ.koʊˈkɑ.kə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sar-co-coc-ca
IPA
/ˌsɑɹ.koʊˈkɑ.kə/
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant of the genus Sarcococca, native to Asia and Central America.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Sarcococca. Further from Ancient Greek σᾰ́ρξ (sắrx, “flesh”) + Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”) + translingual -a f.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌsɑɹ.koʊˈkɑ.kə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

sarcococcas (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce sarcococca?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɑɹ.koʊˈkɑ.kə/.
What does sarcococca mean?
Any plant of the genus Sarcococca, native to Asia and Central America.
Where does sarcococca come from?
Borrowed from translingual Sarcococca. Further from Ancient Greek σᾰ́ρξ (sắrx, “flesh”) + Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”) + translingual -a f.

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