Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wokas

/woʊkəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wokas
IPA: /woʊkəs/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large yellow water lily (Nuphar polysepala) found in the northwestern United States.

American usage

noun

seeds of this water lily, eaten by the Klamath and others.

American usage

Etymology

From the Klamath-Modoc word for the plant's seeds, wokas.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

wocus (alternative) wokus (alternative) wocas (alternative)

Synonyms

Rocky Mountain spatterdock

Homonyms

wocus

Questions

How do you pronounce wokas?: The recorded pronunciation is /woʊkəs/.
What does wokas mean?: A large yellow water lily (Nuphar polysepala) found in the northwestern United States.
Where does wokas come from?: From the Klamath-Modoc word for the plant's seeds, wokas.

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