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PACHYSANDRA
Definition of PACHYSANDRA
noun
A genus, Pachysandra, of four or five species of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs, belonging to the boxwood family, Buxaceae, used ornamentally as groundcover.
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Where it comes from
From the New Latin genus name, equivalent to English pachy-, from Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús) [Term?]. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,575)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PACHYSANDRA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PACHYSANDRA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAACDHNPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PACHYSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PACHYSANDRA?
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