Definitions for ringent

ringent rin·gent

Spelling: [rin-juh nt]
IPA: /ˈrɪn dʒənt/

Ringent is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in ringent (eginnrt).

Definitions for ringent

adjective

  1. gaping.
  2. Botany. having widely spread lips, as some corollas.

Origin of ringent

1750-60; Latin ringent- (stem of ringēns, present participle of ringī to gape), equivalent to ring- open the mouth + -ent- -ent; cf.

Examples for ringent

ringent or Gaping, when the orifice is wide open, as in Fig. 256.

The flowers of those which we have specified are from one to four inches in diameter, ringent, tubular, or campanulate.

Word Value for ringent
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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