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Definition: Draba |
DrabaNoun1. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems; fruit is a dehiscent oblong or linear silique. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Draba |
| English words defined with "draba": Whitlow grass. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Draba vernaWildflower. Credit: Roger Rosentreter. |  | Draba douglasiiWildflower. Credit: Roger Rosentreter. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Draba" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Draba" 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 (proper) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "draba": Draba verna ♦ genus Draba. 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cardaria draba | 4 |
draba | 2 |
draba lepidium | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "draba"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 葶 (Draba nemerosa bebe carpa). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | abadray | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-r" | |
-1 letter: bard, brad, darb, drab. | |
-2 letters: aba, arb, baa, bad, bar, bra, dab, rad. | |
-3 letters: aa, ab, ad, ar, ba. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-r" | |
+1 letter: aboard, abrade, abroad, bayard, tabard. | |
+2 letters: abfarad, abraded, abrader, abrades, armband, bahadur, bandora, barmaid, bastard, bayards, bidarka, bradawl, bravado, broadax, carabid, drawbar, gabbard, sandbar, subadar, tabards. | |
+3 letters: abfarads, abradant, abraders, abrading, adorable, adorably, adumbral, arabized, armbands, backward, backyard, bahadurs, baidarka, balladry, bandager, bandoras, bankcard, barehead, barmaids, barnyard, barraged, bastards, bastardy, bayadeer, bayadere, bidarkas, bigarade, biradial, boardman, boatyard, bradawls, brassard, bravados, broadaxe, carabids, daybreak, drapable, drawable, drawback, drawbars, gabbards, garboard, gradable, hairband, hardback, hardball, labrador, landgrab, lapboard, larboard, radiable, rainband, readable, readably, sandbars, saraband, scabbard, seaboard, subadars, subahdar, tabarded, tagboard, teaboard, tradable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 72 61 62 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .-. .- -... .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01110010 01100001 01100010 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D r a b a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0072 0061 0062 0061 |
| 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)3884676867 |
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