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tragopogon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
trago-pogon
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two goat's-beards (Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify) or Tragopogon porrifolius (common salsify); or (in later use) any other member of the genus Tragopogon.

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Etymology

From Latin tragopōgōn, from Koine Greek τραγοπώγων (tragopṓgōn), from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “male goat”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: tragopōgōn, τραγοπώγων, τράγος

Inflected Forms

tragopogons (plural)

Questions

What does tragopogon mean?
Either of two goat's-beards (Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify) or Tragopogon porrifolius (common salsify); or (in later use) any other member of the genus Tragopogon.
Where does tragopogon come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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