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sneezewort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sneeze-wort
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hardy flowering plant of species Achillea ptarmica, poisonous to cattle, sheep and horses, but with various herbal applications in humans.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From sneeze + wort. Compare German Nieswurz (“hellebore”), Dutch nieskruid (“hellebore”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

sneezeworts (plural)

Phrases

sneezewort yarrow

Synonyms

bastard pellitory fair-maid-of-France goosetongue sneezeweed white tansy wild pellitory sneezeweed yarrow achillea ptarmica

Questions

What does sneezewort mean?
A hardy flowering plant of species Achillea ptarmica, poisonous to cattle, sheep and horses, but with various herbal applications in humans.
Where does sneezewort come from?
From sneeze + wort. Compare German Nieswurz (“hellebore”), Dutch nieskruid (“hellebore”).

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