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Definition: Juncus |
JuncusNoun1. Type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Juncus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Synonym: JuncusSynonym: genus Juncus (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Juncus |
| English words defined with "Juncus": Black grass ♦ genus Juncus ♦ Juncaceous, Juncus articulatus, Juncus bufonius, Juncus effusus, Juncus inflexus, Juncus leseurii, Juncus tenuis ♦ Moss rush ♦ Wood rush. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Juncus": Juncite, Juncous. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Juncus" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (jonquil, junk, junket, reed, rush, rush;). |
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 | Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. A brackish water area showing a mix of salt and freshwater marsh species. Sagittaria juncus and ____. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Juncus sp. observed while canoeing along the Moonakis River. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Black needlerush, Juncus roemerianus, is common at higher marsh elevations in the North Inlet - Winyah Bay NERR. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Juncus objectus with limnosella aquaticaWildflower, grass-like. Credit: Roger Rosentreter. |
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| "Juncus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Juncus" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Juncus": genus Juncus ♦ juncus articulatus ♦ juncus bufonius ♦ juncus effusus ♦ Juncus Gerardi ♦ juncus inflexus ♦ juncus leseurii ♦ Juncus squarrosus ♦ juncus tenuis. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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juncus | 13 |
effusus juncus spiralis | 8 |
effusus juncus | 7 |
ensifolius juncus | 4 |
juncus tenuis | 3 |
juncus procerus | 2 |
filiformis juncus | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Juncus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 藺 (juncus effusus). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | uncusjay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-j-n-s-u-u" | |
-1 letter: uncus. | |
-3 letters: jun, jus, nus, sun, uns. | |
-4 letters: nu, un, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-j-n-s-u-u" | |
+3 letters: junctures. | |
+5 letters: disjuncture, injudicious, subjunction, subjunctive. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 75 6E 63 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--- ..- -. -.-. ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01110101 01101110 01100011 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J u n c u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0075 006E 0063 0075 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)448780698785 |
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