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leinikki.

buttercup, Ranunculus

8 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlei̯nikːi/[ˈle̞i̯nikːi]
  1. buttercup, Ranunculus

Where this word comes from

leini (“gout”) + -kki, based on the plant's medicinal properties. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot for Flora Fennica (1860) after an earlier leiniruoho (1786, leini + ruoho).

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