Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seepweed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: seep-weed
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various plants in the genus Suaeda; sea blite.

Etymology

Phono-semantically matched folk etymology for Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʾ) with seep + weed. Compare Jerusalem artichoke, cockroach, and sparrowgrass. Doublet of soda, via Italian soda.

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: سويداء

Inflected Forms

seepweeds (plural)

Questions

What does seepweed mean?: Any of various plants in the genus Suaeda; sea blite.
Where does seepweed come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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