Definitions for sanicles

sanicles san·i·cle

Spelling: [san-i-kuh l]
IPA: /ˈsæn ɪ kəl/

Sanicles is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 354 anagrams from letters in sanicles (aceilnss).

Definitions for sanicles

noun

  1. any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.

Origin of sanicles

1400-50; late Middle English Middle French Medieval Latin sānicula, perhaps derivative of Latin sānus; see sane

Examples for sanicles

I would push my way through a tangle of sanicle, and beyond the trunk of a slim elm catch a gleam of white in the dusk.

sanicle, san′ik′l, n. a plant of the genus Sanicula, the common wood-sanicle long supposed to have healing power.

Said to be an ancient Greek name of the sanicle, of obscure meaning, strangely applied by Linnus to this plant.

Word Value for sanicles
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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