Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

starch hyacinth

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English

Syllables: starch hy-acinth
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

grape hyacinth (Muscari spp., Pseudomuscari spp., and Leopoldia spp.).

Dated

Etymology

So called because the flowers have the smell of boiled starch.

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

starch hyacinths (plural)

Questions

What does starch hyacinth mean?: grape hyacinth (Muscari spp., Pseudomuscari spp., and Leopoldia spp.).
Where does starch hyacinth come from?: So called because the flowers have the smell of boiled starch.

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