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storksbill

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
storks-bill
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant of genus Pelargonium.

noun

Any plant of genus Erodium.

Etymology

From stork + -s- + bill, calque of translingual Pelargonium. Compare cranesbill, which is calqued from Geranium.

Inflected Forms

storksbills (plural) stork's bill (alternative) stork's-bill (alternative)

Phrases

austral storksbill common storksbill hemlock storksbill mallow-leaved storksbill Mediterranean storksbill soft storksbill musky storksbill native storksbill

Synonyms

pelargonium filaree heron's bill

Questions

What does storksbill mean?
Any plant of genus Pelargonium.
Where does storksbill come from?
From stork + -s- + bill, calque of translingual Pelargonium. Compare cranesbill, which is calqued from Geranium.

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