onosma

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noun

Any flowering plant of the genus Onosma, of the family Boraginaceae.

Origintranslingual Onosma ← Ancient Greek ὄνοσμᾰ →
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Meanings

nounonosma (plural onosmas)

plural onosmas

  1. Any flowering plant of the genus Onosma, of the family Boraginaceae.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekὄνοσμᾰ
  2. translingualOnosma
  3. Englishonosma

Borrowed from translingual Onosma, from Ancient Greek ὄνοσμᾰ (ónosmă).

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Translations

Ancient Greek ὄνοσμᾰ
  • ὄνοσμᾰ (ónosmă)Onomsa-genus plant
Arabic مِصَّيْص, شِنْجَار
  • مِصَّيْص (miṣṣayṣ)Onomsa-genus plant
  • شِنْجَار (šinjār)Onomsa-genus plant
Chinese Cantonese 驢臭草 /驴臭草
  • 驢臭草 /驴臭草 (leoi⁴ cau³ cou²)Onomsa-genus plant
Chinese Mandarin 驢臭草 /驴臭草
  • 驢臭草 /驴臭草 (lǘchòucǎo)Onomsa-genus plant
Finnish torvikki
  • torvikkiOnomsa-genus plant
French onosme
  • onosmeOnomsa-genus plant
German Lotwurz
  • LotwurzOnomsa-genus plant
Greek όνοσμα
  • όνοσμα (ónosma)Onomsa-genus plant
Polish rumianica, onosma
  • rumianicaOnomsa-genus plant
  • onosmaOnomsa-genus plant
Russian оно́сма
  • оно́сма (onósma)Onomsa-genus plant
Ukrainian громо́вик
  • громо́вик (hromóvyk)Onomsa-genus plant

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

onosma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onosma

MLA

“onosma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onosma. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onosma,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onosma.

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