kuirimo

== Finnish == === Etymology === kuiri (“spoon”) (dialectal) +‎ -mo. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot for Flora Fennica (1860), in reference to the taxonomic name Cochlearia (from Latin cochlear (“spoon”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkui̯rimo/, [ˈkui̯rimo̞] Rhymes: -uirimo Syllabification(key): kui‧ri‧mo Hyphenation(key): kui‧ri‧mo === Noun === kuirimo scurvy-grass, spoonwort (plant of the genus Cochlearia, many of which have been used in traditional medicine to cure and prevent scurvy) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “kuirimo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023