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maygra (1098 words)
appears in these lists:
Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening: a Practical and Scientific Encyclopoedia of Horticulture for Gardeners and Botanists, by colleen
Chromonyms, by mollusque
Fauna & Flora, by Jutland
vegetation, by rolig
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I agree. So I just avoid saying it. Which is more difficult than you might think when it's growing in your own backyard.
Well, OK, but I pronounce it cleh-MAH-tis, and I still think it sounds dirty. Even with the accent on the middle sylLAble.
It sounds most dirty when you emphasize the first syllable, I think. (Some pronounce it with emphasis on the second.)
This always sounded like a dirty word to me. Pretty flowers, but... don't like the word much.