Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

youth-on-age

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.64 in modern English

Syllables: youth-on-age
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A perennial plant native to North America and widely planted as an ornamental: Tolmiea menziesii

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Sometimes flowers of youth-on-age are white streaked with green instead of greenish streaked with purple."

Etymology

From the way young plantlets sprout from the middle of older leaves.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

hedge nettle piggyback plant thousand mothers pickaback plant tolmiea menziesii

Questions

What does youth-on-age mean?: A perennial plant native to North America and widely planted as an ornamental: Tolmiea menziesii
Where does youth-on-age come from?: From the way young plantlets sprout from the middle of older leaves.

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