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echium

/ˈɛkiəm/

echium noun: any member of the genus Echium of flowering plants.

echium: any member of the genus Echium of flowering plants
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Noun

echium (plural echiums)

  1. Any member of the genus Echium of flowering plants.

Forms of echium

pluralechiums

Origin of echium

Borrowed from translingual Echium.

Questions about echium

What does echium mean?
Echium means any member of the genus Echium of flowering plants.
What part of speech is echium?
Echium is a noun.
How do you pronounce echium?
Echium is pronounced /ˈɛkiəm/.
What is the plural of echium?
The plural of echium is echiums.

Words near echium in the dictionary

  1. echioceratids
  2. echioidinin
  3. echistatin
  4. echitamine
  5. echitin
  6. echium
  7. echiums
  8. echiuran
  9. echiurans
  10. echiurid
  11. echiurids

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