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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

용머리속

Native Script:용머리속에 속하는 여러해살이풀입니다.

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yong-meo-ri-sok

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dragon's-head/ˈdræɡ.ənzˌhɛd/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45200 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"용머리속에 속하는 여러해살이풀입니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Any of various plants belonging to the genus Dracocephalum, characterized by whorls of brightly colored, tubular flowers shaped somewhat like a dragon's head.

    "The gardener planted a patch of dragon's-heads near the sunny border."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English 'dragon' and 'head', combined to describe the distinctive shape of the flowers resembling a dragon's open mouth. The term has been used in botanical nomenclature since the 18th century to classify plants of the genus Dracocephalum within the mint family (Lamiaceae).

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🇫🇷French → English

dracocéphale

Transliteration: dra.ko.se.fal

"Le dracocéphale est une jolie plante vivace."

🇩🇪German → English

Drachenkopf

Transliteration: ˈdʁaxn̩ˌkɔp͡f

"Der Drachenkopf blüht im Sommer in leuchtenden Farben."

🇮🇹Italian → English

dracocefalo

Transliteration: dra.koˈtʃɛ.fa.lo

"Il dracocefalo attira molti insetti impollinatori."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

cabeza de dragón

Transliteration: kaˈβe.sa ðe ðɾaˈɣon

"La cabeza de dragón es ideal para jardines rocosos."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

dracocéfalo

Transliteration: dɾa.koˈsɛ.fa.lu

"O dracocéfalo destaca-se pelas suas flores coloridas."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

ड्रagons-हेड

Transliteration: dragons-head

Script: ड्रैगन्स-हेड का पौधा एक सुंदर फूल वाला पौधा है।

"ड्रैगन्स-हेड का पौधा एक सुंदर फूल वाला पौधा है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

青兰属

Transliteration: qīng lán shǔ

Script: 青兰属植物常被用于园林观赏。

"青兰属植物常被用于园林观赏。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

용머리속

Transliteration: yong-meo-ri-sok

Script: 용머리속에 속하는 여러해살이풀입니다.

"용머리속에 속하는 여러해살이풀입니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

ドゥラコケファルム

Transliteration: durakokefarumu

Script: ヤナギハッカ属の植物は美しい花を咲かせます。

"ヤナギハッカ属の植物は美しい花を咲かせます。"

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