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wicopy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wicopy
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several trees, such as the leatherwood/moosewood (of the genus Dirca), the whitewood, or the American basswood/linden (of the genus Tilia).

Canadian usage; American usage

Etymology

From an Algonquian term for "stringy bark"; compare Abenaki wigebi (“stringy inner bark (used as cordage)”), Ojibwe wiigob (“inner bark of a basswood”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

wickape (alternative) wickopy (alternative)

Synonyms

leatherwood moosewood moose-wood ropebark dirca palustris

Questions

What does wicopy mean?
Any of several trees, such as the leatherwood/moosewood (of the genus Dirca), the whitewood, or the American basswood/linden (of the genus Tilia).
Where does wicopy come from?
From an Algonquian term for "stringy bark"; compare Abenaki wigebi (“stringy inner bark (used as cordage)”), Ojibwe wiigob (“inner bark of a basswood”).

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