Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saussurea

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: saus-surea
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any thistle of the genus Saussurea.

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Saussurea, itself from French Saussure (surname), after Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Saussurea, Saussure

Inflected Forms

saussureas (plural)

Synonyms

snow lotus

Questions

What does saussurea mean?: Any thistle of the genus Saussurea.
Where does saussurea come from?: It is traced to French.

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