Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tarnished plant bug

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: tar-nished -plan-t bug
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant bug, Lygus lineolaris, known as a very serious pest on a wide variety of crops throughout North America.

Inflected Forms

tarnished plant bugs (plural)

Synonyms

lygus lineolaris

Questions

What does tarnished plant bug mean?: A plant bug, Lygus lineolaris, known as a very serious pest on a wide variety of crops throughout North America.

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