Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

veratrum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: ve-r-a-trum
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various poisonous herbs of the genus Veratrum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vērātrum (“hellebore”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: vērātrum

Inflected Forms

veratrums (plural)

Synonyms

corn lily false hellebore

Questions

What does veratrum mean?: Any of various poisonous herbs of the genus Veratrum
Where does veratrum come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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