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storksbill

stork's-bill
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [stawrks-bil]
    • /ˈstɔrksˌbɪl/
    • /stˈɔːksbɪl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stawrks-bil]
    • /ˈstɔrksˌbɪl/

Definitions of storksbill word

  • noun storksbill Also called heron's-bill. any of various plants belonging to the genus Erodium, of the geranium family, having deeply lobed leaves, loose clusters of pink, purple, white, or yellow flowers, and long, slender fruit. 1
  • noun storksbill geranium (def 2). 1
  • noun storksbill any of various geraniaceous plants of the genus Erodium, esp E. cicutarium (common storksbill), having pink or reddish-purple flowers and fruits with a beaklike process 0

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Origin of storksbill

First appearance:

before 1555
One of the 31% oldest English words
First recorded in 1555-65

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Parts of speech for Storksbill

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

storksbill popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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