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- [free-zhee-uh, -zee-uh, -zhuh]
- /ˈfri ʒi ə, -zi ə, -ʒə/
- /ˈfriː.ʒə/
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- [free-zhee-uh, -zee-uh, -zhuh]
- /ˈfri ʒi ə, -zi ə, -ʒə/
Definitions of freesia word
- noun freesia any of several plants belonging to the genus Freesia, of the iris family, native to southern Africa, having fragrant white, yellow, or sometimes rose-colored, tubular flowers. 1
- noun freesia A small southern African plant of the iris family, with fragrant, colorful, tubular flowers, many varieties of which are cultivated for use by florists. 1
- noun freesia colourful fragrant flower 1
- variable noun freesia Freesias are small plants with yellow, pink, white, or purple flowers that are shaped like tubes. 0
- noun freesia any iridaceous plant of the genus Freesia, of southern Africa, cultivated for their white, yellow, or pink tubular fragrant flowers 0
- noun freesia any of a genus (Freesia) of South African bulbous plants of the iris family, with fragrant, usually white or yellow, funnel-shaped flowers 0
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Origin of freesia
First appearance:
before 1880 One of the 23% newest English words
1880-85; < New Latin; named after E. M. Fries (1794-1878), Swedish botanist; see -ia
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Parts of speech for Freesia
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freesia popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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