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water dropwort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wa-ter -drop-wort
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the genus Oenanthe, plants in the family Apiaceae that grows in moist soils or in water, one species of which (Oenanthe javanica) is used in cuisines throughout eastern Asia, others of which are extremely poisonous.

noun

Any member of the genus Oxypolis of plants in the family Apiaceae

noun

Any member of the genus Tiedemannia of plants in the family Apiaceae

Inflected Forms

water dropworts (plural)

Phrases

corky-fruited water dropwort fine-leaved water dropwort hemlock water dropwort Java water dropwort narrow-leaved water dropwort parsley water dropwort river water dropwort tubular water dropwort

Synonyms

water parsley water celery hemlock water dropwort oenanthe crocata

Questions

What does water dropwort mean?
Any member of the genus Oenanthe, plants in the family Apiaceae that grows in moist soils or in water, one species of which (Oenanthe javanica) is used in cuisines throughout eastern Asia, others of which are extremely poisonous.

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