Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

widow-wail

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables
wid-ow-wail
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

spurge olive (Cneorum tricoccon)

Archaic

Usage

Questions

What does widow-wail mean?
spurge olive (Cneorum tricoccon)

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